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单词 ranchette
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ranchetten.

Brit. /rɑːnˈ(t)ʃɛt/, /ranˈ(t)ʃɛt/, U.S. /rænˈ(t)ʃɛt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ranch n.2, -ette suffix.
Etymology: < ranch n.2 + -ette suffix.
U.S.
1. A small ranch; a relatively large plot of land, esp. in a rural area, containing an individual dwelling, (now) esp. one formed by subdividing a large ranch.
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1927 San Antonio (Texas) Express 1 Sept. 13/6 (advt.) Ranchette..600 acres.
1939 Los Angeles Times 6 Apr. ii. 16/6 John Litel has installed an elaborate underground sprinkling system on his six-acre Encino ranchette.
1974 H. S. Thompson Let. 5 Dec. in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 601 The mesa above my house..is about to be zoned for 2-acre ‘ranchettes’, which makes the current price around $500,000.
1992 Prime Time (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Oct. 23/4 Upscale types who fly into places like Montana and buy a 20-acre ranchette and build a little cabin to visit once or twice a year.
2004 New Yorker 26 July 77/1 The widows dumped the cows and called up the real-estate brokers who sketched out thirty-five-acre ranchettes.
2. A small ranch-style house; cf. ranch house n. (b) at ranch n.2 Compounds 2.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style
hall-house1467
longhouse1643
bungalow1676
single housea1684
tower-house1687
villa1755
box1773
cottage orné1774
villarette1792
mews1805
cottage1808
terrace house1817
casita1822
villa dwelling1833
villa residence1833
box-house1846
six-roomer1853
terrace1854
tembe1860
moat house1871
parlour house1871
row house1871
salt-box1876
trullo1898
townhouse1900
colonial1903
semi1912
Cape Cod1916
bungaloid1927
semi-detached1928
ranchette1938
solar house1946
rambler1947
rancher1950
ranch1951
tunnel-back1957
sidesplit1958
two-up-and-two-downer1958
two-up two-down1958
semi-det1960
A-frame1963
townhouse1965
tri-level1965
link house1968
split1970
dormer bungalow1977
1938 Los Angeles Times 9 June ii. 17 (advt.) Cozy mod. ranchette, fence, 75 x 270.
1956 R. A. Heinlein in Mag. of Fantasy & Sci. Fict. Oct. 23/2 I wanted a ranchette near the plant; she favored a flat in Town.
1994 New Yorker 21 Feb. 49/1 There are acres of Douglas-fir forest..and ranchettes on lawns of chunky red mulch, and squat new apartment complexes.
2006 J. Sher & W. Marsden Angels of Death iii. 68 He reported that the Hells Angels leader had ‘settled down in a ranchette near Phoenix..with a pretty young wife’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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