单词 | old-law tenement |
释义 | > as lemmasold-law tenement old-law tenement n. U.S. a tenement house having inadequate fire escapes, sanitary facilities, ventilation, etc., built before the Tenement House Act of 1901. ΚΠ 1903 N.Y. Times 7 Oct. 8/1 The alteration of ‘old law’ tenement houses so as to bring them up to the standard of the new law. 1914 Housing Reform in N.Y.C. 2 There is apparently no lack of money for investment in this profitable type of building; they are even..replacing the oldest of the ‘old law’ tenements. 1995 N.Y. Times 5 Mar. i. 31/2 Immigrants..found living quarters in old-law tenements with minimal plumbing, maybe a toilet down the hall at most. < as lemmas |
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