Cottage vs Bunkhouse - What's the difference?
cottage | bunkhouse |
A small house; a cot; a hut.
A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
* , chapter=1
, title= (UK, slang, dated) A public toilet.
To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
(intransitive, British, slang) Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
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A building providing sleeping quarters for workers, especially in a rural setting.
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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=6
As nouns the difference between cottage and bunkhouse
is that cottage is a small house; a cot; a hut while bunkhouse is a building providing sleeping quarters for workers, especially in a rural setting.As a verb cottage
is to stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.cottage
English
Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage ’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”}}
Usage notes
Sense “public toilet” dates from 19th century, now only in gay slang.Derived terms
* cottage cheese * cottage hospital * cottage industryVerb
(cottag)bunkhouse
English
Alternative forms
bunk houseNoun
(en noun) ("bunkhouse" on Wikipedia)citation, passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house , which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}