forcing-house

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forcing-house

[ˈfɔːsɪŋˌhaʊs] N (forcing-houses (pl)) [ˈfɔːsɪŋˌhaʊzɪz] (Agr etc) → maduradero m (fig) instituto etc donde se llevan a cabo cursos intensivos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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"Male and female created He them"; the journey to Shrewsbury confirmed this questionable statement, and the long glass saloon, that moved so easily and felt so comfortable, became a forcing-house for the idea of sex.
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Then an army of gardeners arrived with fairy carts and spades and seeds and bulbs and forcing-houses, and soon they had a flower garden to the right of the verandah and a vegetable garden to the left, and roses and clematis on the walls of the house, and in less time than five minutes all these dear things were in full bloom.
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HILDREN are a nation's future, every classroom must be a forcing-house of ideas and customs.
Ex-terror cop is man to root out 'Trojan Horse'

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