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freight house

noun

  1. a depot or storage place for freight.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of freight house1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences

At one corner of the freight-house on the wharf was a big iron ring, to which the squire tied the dog.

The goods we had ordered began to arrive after breakfast, Bert bringing them from the freight house in his large wagon.

About twelve o'clock that night we held a council of war, which ended in our running the train into the out freight-house.

Knew your cousin down at Rochelle; we worked on the same desk in the freight house.

At length, however, he saw four masts towering above the roof of a freight house.

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