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Meanings of tenement in inglês

português
cortiços
espanhol
vivienda
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Type of building.

        cortiços
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        Examples for "tenement house"
        Examples for "tenement house"
        1
        Remember that every hollow tree is a tenement house of the woods.
        Woodland Tales
        2
        The address proved to be a shabby tenement house hedged by saloons.
        Mince Pie
        3
        It was a typical tenement house of the Lower East Side.
        New york: the novel
        4
        The stone stairs to the tenement house were thronged with women.
        The Christian: A Story
        5
        A dark dreary little room upstairs in a noisy tenement house.
        The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
        Usage of tenement in inglês
        1
        And in the same direction lies the remedy for the tenement evil.
        Revolution, and Other Essays
        2
        He was the owner of the poor tenement in which they lived.
        Woman's Trials; Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us
        3
        They moved into a room in a tenement in South Fifth Avenue.
        Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
        4
        What has been the general effect of it in the tenement districts?
        Civics and Health
        5
        It was the vastest, the most populous tenement area of the city.
        Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
        6
        The poorest tenement returns the highest rate of interest to the landlord.
        Usury / A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View
        7
        The mildness of it brought the tenement dwellers to windows and doors.
        Old Valentines / A Love Story
        8
        The splendid character of library work in tenement districts stood out strongly.
        Library Work with Children
        9
        The people were poor and the palaces were reduced to tenement houses.
        Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
        10
        The money represented by this church could rebuild the entire tenement district.
        The Crucifixion of Philip Strong
        11
        As the construction of the joint-tenement houses, improvements would gradually manifest themselves.
        Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
        12
        They live in a dowdy tenement, and are as poor as crows.
        Without a Home
        13
        Pull the tenement down if you like and build a model one.
        Lo, Michael!
        14
        Remember that every hollow tree is a tenement house of the woods.
        Woodland Tales
        15
        She lived in that gloomy tenement, a place not fit for swine.
        Martin Eden
        16
        The address proved to be a shabby tenement house hedged by saloons.
        Mince Pie
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