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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tent.

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Examples

  • The criminal charges, which carry up to a $5,000 fine and a six-month jail term, originated with a Jan. 28 incident in which Mr. Lay, a deacon at a local Baptist church, asked Mr. Freeman to offer mealtime prayers at a lunch for school employees and booster-club members who had helped with a school field-house project.

    Jail time for a prayer? Nomad 2009

  • The criminal charges, which carry up to a $5,000 fine and a six-month jail term, originated with a Jan. 28 incident in which Mr. Lay, a deacon at a local Baptist church, asked Mr. Freeman to offer mealtime prayers at a lunch for school employees and booster-club members who had helped with a school field-house project.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Nomad 2009

  • Athletic grounds were secured together with a field-house, and Christ Church teams won an enviable reputation for high standards of sportsmanship.

    Frank H. Nelson of Cincinnati Warren Crocker Herrick

  • Such a boy, it flashed across my mind, ought to be studying the possible plays of football of an evening in the field-house after his dinner at the training-table, rather than the possible gyrations of the little platinum ball on the wheel.

    The Silent Bullet 1908

  • Such a boy, it flashed across my mind, ought to be studying the possible plays of football of an evening in the field-house after his dinner at the training-table, rather than the possible gyrations of the little platinum ball on the wheel.

    Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 1902

  • A plane cruised past the crowd around the field-house during the Flight Endurance and Trim Test at the Competitive Technology Event at Johnson County

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • A plane cruised past the crowd around the field-house.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2011

  • The McCord meeting is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. on March 26 in the field-house lobby at Springfield High School.

    unknown title 2009

  • District Judge Margaret C. "Casey" Rodgers after Mr. Lay asked Mr. Freeman to offer mealtime prayers at a Jan. 28 lunch for school employees and booster-club members who had helped with a school field-house project.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2009

  • Branch McCracken’s voice was unforgettable, a deep bass gone gravelly from overuse, rumbling out of that big frame projecting authority and reaching his players over the din of a packed field-house.

    Getting Open Tom Graham 2006

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