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- noun A place where
sick orinjured people are cared for; ahospital .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The PG&E guy who is currently at my house doing work is now wondering if there is seriously Something Wrong With Me, as the reverberations of hyena-like cackles of screaming laughter at that last submission gives the impression that I am sickhouse insane.
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As Adelheit the Zirgerin lay dying in the St. Katharinenthal sickhouse, she spoke with the prioress about her last rites.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Alanna wore a slight, satisfied smile while watching them saddle their mounts, no doubt believing the animals and wicker hampers tied him to the old sickhouse, to her and Verin.
The Shadow Rising Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1992
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The old sickhouse was even more ramshackle than he remembered, a sprawling single story that leaned drunkenly, half the rooms open to the sky, a forty-foot sourgum tree poking up from one.
The Shadow Rising Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1992
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No, the problem was that Liam Scheff was on a crusade, one that made it especially unfortunate that he was the one who stumbled onto what was happening at an old convent converted into a sickhouse for foster children.
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No, the problem was that Liam Scheff was on a crusade, one that made it especially unfortunate that he was the one who stumbled onto what was happening at an old convent converted into a sickhouse for foster children.
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