English Explanatory Dictionary

gingerbread office

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An office in the gingerbread Victorian style.
  2. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Word forms

gingerbread office gingerbread offices

Etymology

From gingerbread (“in its figurative use as ersatz or unpleasant”) + office (“place to fulfill one's obligations; place of business”)

Synonyms

outhouse
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