house plunder
/ˈhaʊs ˌplʌndɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[P]eople had stock, and children, and house plunder, and a stout log cabin to cover them, […]"
- "I can count many families living in log houses with a ladder only for a stairway to the loft, where one or more beds and sometimes house plunder and grain were kept; while the room below—kitchen, dining-room and parlor—where the wool was carded into rolls, spun and sometimes woven into cloth, prepared for the puller, to be made into good warm winter goods."
- "Also I will sell all of my house plunder, such as bedding, chairs, tables, parlor and kitchen furniture."
- "I'm the squire from Buckskin Township, an' I rather think I married that old lady with red cheeks to an oldish man in a butternut suit, drivin' a span of grays to a green wagon full of house plunder, an' with two red cows tied behind."
- "Each girl got a cow, a mare and sufficient "house[-]plunder" with which to set up house-keeping, but they rarely got any land, the husband being expected to provide that."
- "Why, she married that oldest boy of little Ike's, a moughty well-turned, civil, workin' boy, an' his folks give 'im a heifer an' some house[-]plunder, an' her mam give 'em a bed an' a nice lot uv quilts, an' they've set up fer theirselves."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhaʊs ˌplʌndɚ/
- British English: /ˈhaʊs ˌplʌndə/