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customhouse
noun cus·tom·house \ˈkəs-təm-ˌhau̇s\
Definition of CUSTOMHOUSE
: a building where customs and duties are paid or collected and where vessels are entered and cleared
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cus·tom·house also cus·toms·house \-təmz-\
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First Known Use of CUSTOMHOUSE
15th century
Rhymes with CUSTOMHOUSE
barrelhouse, bawdy house, boardinghouse, body louse, cat and mouse, clearinghouse, coffeehouse, countinghouse, country house, halfway house, house-to-house, jumping mouse, kilogauss, Lévi-Strauss, manor house, meetinghouse, Mickey Mouse, milligauss, motherhouse, on the house, open house, opera house, overblouse, packinghouse, pilothouse, pocket mouse, porterhouse, powerhouse, shotgun house, slaughterhouse, sporting house, station house, sucking louse, sugarhouse, summerhouse, tiring-house, tower house, treasure-house, Westinghouse
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