learning cottage
n.— «Photo Fifth-graders in Erica Allen’s class at Lockheed Elementary School place their book bags into plastic bins outside their “trailer,” which has been dubbed a “learning cottage.”» —“Marietta schools fight battle of bulge; ‘Retreat’ today to discuss influx” by Mary MacDonald Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) Nov. 4, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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