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ˈoffice-house
A ‘house of office’ (house n.1 14); now only pl. apartments or outhouses for the work of domestics, offices (office n. 9).
c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 8018 Þe bischope gart make all þe kirke, Þe monkys þaire office hous gart wyrke. 1632Lithgow Trav. x. 444 This Pallace..hath neither outward walles nor gates..saue onely some office houses without. 1637Rutherford Lett. (1862) I. 211 A field and an office-house for the zeal of His servants to exercise themselves in. 1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5866/3 A large fine House and convenient Office houses of all Kinds. 1827Carlyle Germ. Rom. II. 120 A hut, and various ruined office-houses. |