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#housing

21 words tagged “housing”

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noun

A shared tenement passage or entryway

#scottish#irish#housing#tenement
CHU
noun

Containerized Housing Unit — a shipping-container billet.

#military#army#housing#deployment
tier
noun

A row or level of cells in a cellblock.

#prison#criminal#place#housing
but 'n' ben
noun

A small two-roomed cottage

#scottish#irish#housing#traditional
scheme
noun

A council housing estate

#scottish#irish#housing#urban
bunkie
noun

A cellmate or bunk-mate.

#prison#criminal#group#housing
triple-decker
noun

A three-story wood-frame apartment building stacked one flat per floor, iconic to New England.

#new-england#boston#architecture#housing
Stoop
noun

The front steps of a house — and the social spot for sitting out and watching the block.

#nola#housing#new-orleans#street-life
cellblock
noun

A section of the prison containing a set of cells.

#prison#criminal#place#housing
bean slot
noun

The tray slot in a cell door for passing food.

#prison#criminal#housing#food
togs or crib
noun

See 'crib' — South Island holiday home

#australian#aussie#housing#regional
closie
noun

The communal stairwell or entry of a Scottish tenement.

#scottish#glasgow#tenement#dialect
cage
noun

A cell.

#prison#criminal#place#housing
the projects
noun

Public housing developments

#american#regional#place#housing
shifted
verb

Moved house

#australian#aussie#housing#moving
flat
noun

A rented apartment or shared house

#australian#aussie#housing#living
tent up
phrase

To hang sheets around a bunk for privacy.

#prison#criminal#housing#conduct
flatmate
noun

A housemate; someone you share a flat with

#australian#aussie#living#housing
Shotgun
noun

Narrow NOLA row house with rooms strung in a single line, no hallway.

#nola#architecture#housing#new-orleans
cellie
noun

A cellmate.

#prison#criminal#group#housing
the dayroom
noun

The common area of a housing unit.

#prison#criminal#place#housing