Meaning & use

Mews

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A row or courtyard of buildings, originally stables, now often converted into small houses or apartments, especially in British cities.

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They bought a charming mews house tucked behind the main street.

The old stable mews had been converted into fashionable flats.

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Originally referred to royal stables in London; now a common feature of British residential naming.

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