house fire
noun
1A fire which burns down or damages a house.
2A fire lit in a house, usually in a grate or fireplace, for warmth, cooking, etc.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Edmund Spenser (?1552–1599), poet and administrator in Ireland.
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