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armshouse

noun
/ˈɑːmzhaʊs/UK/ˈɑɹmzhaʊs/US

Etymology

Possibly arms + house (“a house in which firearms are stored or can be found”).

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as armshouse — “arms + house”

Definitions

  1. Bloodshed, violence.

    • You don't wanna bring armshouse / I'll bring armshouse to your mum's house / You don't wanna bring no beef / Bring some beef you'll lose some teeth
    • Coz if you don't take care of this then believe me, they'll^([sic – meaning there'll]) be armshouse!

  2. Misspelling of almshouse.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA