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This tiny, pet-friendly oasis is one of Postcard Cabins’ abodes nestled alongside a running creek in a peaceful forest.—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024 Originally a personal home to Captain Robert Calder, who set up shop here between whaling expeditions in the 1830s, the Coastal Federal-style abode offers an outdoor common area warmed by a roaring fire, where cocktails and s’mores are offered gratis for guests each evening.—Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024 Walmart has begun selling tiny homes, months after Amazon offered the unusually stylish pop-up abodes.—Chris Morris, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for abode
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English abade, abode, from bade, bode "stay, delay" (going back to Old English bād "expectation, period of waiting," probably going back to Germanic *baiđ-, noun derivative from the base of *bīđ- "wait, bide") crossed with abiden "to abide"
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