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In modern usage, a cottage is a dwelling, typically in a non-urban location (although there are cottage-style dwellings in cities). In most settings, the term cottage denotes a small, often cozy dwelling, and small size is integral to the description, but in some places, such as Canada, the term exists with no connotation of size at all (cf. vicarage or hermitage). In Canada, the term cottage usually refers to a vacation/summer home, often located near a body of water.
Origin of the term
Originally -in the Middle-Ages- cottages housed agricultural workers and their families. The term cottage denoted the dwelling of a cotter. Thus, cottages were smaller peasant units (larger peasant units being called "messuages"). In that early period, a documentary reference to a cottage would most often mean, not a small stand-alone dwelling as today, but a complete farmhouse and yard (albeit a small one). Thus in the Middle-Ages, the word cottage (Lat. "cotagium") seems to have meant not just a dwelling, but have included at least a dwelling (domus) and a barn (grangia), as well as, usually, a fenced yard or piece of land enclosed by a gate (portum)
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McCain's cottage pie microwave meal is amazing! They suck at lasagne but this was awesome!!!
candicemesk (Candice Mesk) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:56:32 -0000
McCain's cottage pie microwave meal is amazing! They suck at lasagne but this was awesome!!!
Outpost Bar in Cottage Grove tonight! Catch their fab Happy Hour. Show starts at 6!
Shelley_Faith (Shelley Faith) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:55:39 -0000
Outpost Bar in Cottage Grove tonight! Catch their fab Happy Hour. Show starts at 6!
Public Insight Network reax to #broadband in MN. Cottage Grove man can't believe he can't get hi-speed access. http://bit.ly/1E06d5 Join in.
MCaputo_MPR (Michael Caputo(MPR)) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:52:57 -0000
Public Insight Network reax to #broadband in MN. Cottage Grove man can't believe he can't get hi-speed access. http://bit.ly/1E06d5 Join in.
(opens my bedroom door and leaves the cottage)
Renesmee___C (Renesmee Cullen) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:48:08 -0000
(opens my bedroom door and leaves the cottage)
Big incentive coming up for "GIVE HOPE" Telethon! Cottage ron the Oregon Coast -- sleeps 7. Tune in to KOIN Local 6 during the noon news.
pdxmission (Prtlnd Rescue Missn) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:45:01 -0000
Big incentive coming up for "GIVE HOPE" Telethon! Cottage ron the Oregon Coast -- sleeps 7. Tune in to KOIN Local 6 during the noon news.
wonderin what to do for dinner... i cud make somin or i cud hav kfc or pizza or one of those things or oo chicken cottage oo :O
smacula (smacula) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:44:25 -0000
wonderin what to do for dinner... i cud make somin or i cud hav kfc or pizza or one of those things or oo chicken cottage oo :O
Folk Gardens - Garden historian Barbara Judge's pages on folk gardens, which she defines as those grown by unpretentious folks, including the use of unconventional designs.
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Gardenweb: The Cottage Garden - Forum for the discussion cottage gardens, defined as informal, country-style gardens.
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