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gingerbread office

noun

Etymology

From gingerbread (“in its figurative use as ersatz or unpleasant”) + office (“place to fulfill one's obligations; place of business”)

Definitions

  1. An office in the gingerbread Victorian style.

    • The conversion of an old bungalow into a "gingerbread office" has brought to life a 13-year dream of mine.

  2. An outhouse

    An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

    • There's no great need of Souldiers; Their Camp's No larger than a Ginger-bread Office.

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