tenantable
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At the close of the month it is stated on reliable authority, that the number of buildings actually tenantable was greater than before the conflagration.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
Brunow lived off Regent Street, in a garret handsomely furnished and tenantable, but stuffy and confined to my notions, used as I had been to the open-air life of a soldier on active service.
From In Direst Peril by David Christie Murray
In the case of houses for occupation, the tenant would have to keep the house in a tenantable state of repair during the term, and deliver it up in like condition.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Scarcely had they begun to construct their cabins, when they were surprised by the rigors of an untried climate; their habitations being enveloped in 367 snow before they were tenantable....
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
Therefore Monsieur Schaunard is hereby required to give up possession of the said premises, and to leave them in tenantable repair, before noon on the eighth day of April.
From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henry Murger
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