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hovel

[huhv-uhl, hov-] / ˈhʌv əl, ˈhɒv- /


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But all the characters racing up and down the stairs of his uber-New York walk-up hovel are a howl.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Eventually they squeezed into a hovel before being discovered by a turncoat cabinet member.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

"I was left in this crowded backstreet hovel in Halifax, while my sister went off to a rather grand life."

From BBC • May 14, 2022

Except wouldn’t you know it, the doctor actually doesn’t want her there and the cabin is a hovel.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2020

He lived in a hovel out near the animals and, according to Buttercup’s mother, he kept it clean.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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