| Word | mews |
|---|---|
| Definition | n. Houses or apartments that have been converted from stables. |
| Sentence | The fashion for spending dreary evenings in crazy apartments situated in West End mews flourished between the wars, and may continue for all I know, but this is only a counterfeit Bohemia. |
| Source | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Jonathan Rose Image: Richard Croft, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mews_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_911973.jpg, CC-BY-SA 2.0 |
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