I wouldn't give that table houseroom. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Guys, are you sure you want to continue giving that guy houseroom on your site?. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves] Reference
Let it stay, however, 'said she; ` give it houseroom till Colonel Campbell comes back. From Wordnik.com. [Emma]
Arjasp granted his request, and gave unto him houseroom, and bade him barter his wares in safety. From Wordnik.com. [The Epic of Kings] Reference
If there is no houseroom in any class for the man of several different bloods, then we must get a new name. From Wordnik.com. [Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and child.] Reference
These things are grievous to a man of understanding: the upbraiding of houseroom, and the reproaching of the lender. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
I think the concept is sound once you start accounting for things, you really need to justify giving them houseroom. From Wordnik.com. [kicking the stuffing out] Reference
My thoughts about what very likely lay at the end of it were so unwelcome that I did my best not to allow them houseroom. From Wordnik.com. [In The Frame]
But that ubiquitous bathroom standby -- the lowly toothbrush -- is likely giving houseroom to some pretty nasty inhabitants. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Away she flies immediately to her Father and her Brother, but they, very well knowing her ill-natured obstinacy, both denied her houseroom. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple] Reference
William gave houseroom to the pair of them, and Margaret cared for the baby like her own child, and when the mother died they simply kept the girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Heretic's Apprentice]
We had Stilton and bottled porter in charge for these occasions from the common stock; but the honours of all these visits were exclusively our own, as far as houseroom went. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
Capital, thinks I, there'll be no reason to offer us houseroom, and we can scuttle back to Ischl and let the Holnup have a free run, but Willem had the answer to that, rot him. From Wordnik.com. [Watershed] Reference
Parisian proprietors exact for houseroom in a fashionable quarter. From Wordnik.com. [The Lovels of Arden] Reference
What are your must-haves and the ones you wouldn't give houseroom to?. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Let it stay, however, 'said she;' give it houseroom till Colonel Campbell comes back. From Wordnik.com. [Emma] Reference
His nephew disposed of little that was worth houseroom, and Yet pulled the whole to pieces. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
I may say, in passing, that the Psyche that could be cast out of the window is not worth houseroom. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
The night was raw and showery, and there was not houseroom in Beauséjour for a tenth part of the homeless Acadians. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage] Reference
I've seen 'A' level students 'work on the classroom wall that would not have been given houseroom at my state primary school. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
However miserable he has been here, however unwelcome, however badly treated, you have at least, grudgingly, allowed him houseroom. From Wordnik.com. [Buzznet's Buzzworthy Feed] Reference
She had her houseroom and a trifle a week besides for her services, beyond which she depended entirely on what she could make by charing. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar's Daughter] Reference
He left the picture behind him to be framed and then sent to her with a letter he had written, begging her to give it houseroom while he was gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete] Reference
A penny is likewise easily spent, but victuals, if they are unprepared, require houseroom, and fire, and utensils, which the beggar knows not where to find. From Wordnik.com. [Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland] Reference
And, Mr. Farfrae, as you provide so much, and houseroom, and all that, I'll do my part in the drinkables, and see to the rum and schiedam -- maybe a dozen jars will be sufficient?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mayor of Casterbridge] Reference
Giving houseroom to you lot is like having three extra wives ... ". From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
Let it stay, however,’ said she; ‘give it houseroom till Colonel Campbell comes back. From Wordnik.com. [Emma] Reference
"It's a pity if I can't find houseroom for my own brother, let him stay as long as he will. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911] Reference
"And as for Lem Camp -- bless you! he won't eat more'n a fly, and who else would give him houseroom?. From Wordnik.com. [Hiram the Young Farmer] Reference
"Here, to La Musarderie," said Cadfael directly, "if you'll afford me houseroom a while, till I speak with your lord. From Wordnik.com. [A River So Long] Reference
Money means everything that I must have -- food, coals, clothes, doctor, chemist, buses -- decent houseroom for Anita and myself -- ". From Wordnik.com. [Harvest] Reference
I can't offer you houseroom. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Did the Express give it houseroom?. From Wordnik.com. [Immigration] Reference
A piece I wouldn't give houseroom to. From Wordnik.com. [While Other People Sleep]
For houseroom with the single help of fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Plays in English Verse] Reference
Time to cheat me out of a little more houseroom. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
(renders) to the King 15d. and to William de Chesney houseroom, salt and water "-- is a literal translation. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850] Reference
"Time to cheat me out of a little more houseroom. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
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