lockhouse

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Synonyms: blockhouse, workhouse, cookhouse, backhouse, deckhouse, sickhouse, cockhorse, longhouse, block house, brockhouse, packhouse

Antonyms: blockhouse, workhouse, cookhouse, backhouse, deckhouse, sickhouse, cockhorse, longhouse, block house, brockhouse, packhouse

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Noun

1. A [[house]], often small, beside a [[canal]] or [[river]] [[lock]], usually occupied by the [[lockkeeper]] ([[locktender]]) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today.

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