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Abattoir N Slaughterhouse Vast Low Dark Shed Building

Word abattoir
Definition n. A slaughterhouse.
Sentence A vast, low, dark shed of a building, pregnant with gloom, with all the spirit and playfulness of an abattoir, it looked like something designed in a hurry by four people working separately.
Source At Home, Bill Bryson

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