carhouse
See also: car-house
English
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editcarhouse (plural carhouses)
- (Discuss(+) this sense) (Southern US, dated) A garage attached to a house.
- 1960, Harper Lee, chapter 10, in To Kill a Mockingbird:
- Atticus killed the engine in the driveway and coasted to the carhouse
- (US, dated) A storage depot for streetcars.
Synonyms
edit- (garage): car shed