Menage
[me'na:ʒ]
Definition
(n.) See Manage.
(n.) A collection of animals; a menagerie.
Typed by Ina
Definition
n. a household: the management of a house: a club of working-men.
Edited by Elsie
Examples
- As, of course, all family arrangements fell into the hands of servants, St. Clare found his menage anything but comfortable. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What sort of a menage is it which pays double the market price for a governess but does not keep a horse, although six miles from the station? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then she tried keeping house with a female friend; then the double menage began to quarrel and get into debt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Manuel