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gin-house

Etymology

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From gin +‎ house.

Noun

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ginhouse (plural ginhouses)

  1. A building where cotton is ginned.
    • 1911, Allan Noble Monkhouse, "Cotton", 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
      Up till 1870 or thereabouts, cotton seed was regarded as a positive nuisance upon the American plantation. It was left to accumulate in vast heaps about ginhouses, to the annoyance of the farmer and the injury of his premises.

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