big house

Example Sentences

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This is what is known in Thailand as "Baan Yai" – big house – politics, and across the country it is the way local power has always been managed.

From BBC

Monica, whose other clients include “some of the top handball players in Serbia,” “a kid who plays Fortnite, and Geena Davis, but only for archery,” might as well be living in Reggie’s big house.

From Los Angeles Times

She told the court that she also knew Low from Edradynate, as she had previously worked in the "big house" on the estate.

From BBC

It’s built like a house—a really, really big house—with two chimneys, a wraparound porch, and a weather vane on the roof.

From Literature

The big house is still the main show, antiquated customs and preserved finery still the plot, even as some of these hosting descendants, faced with declining revenues, grasp that there’s an increasing awkwardness to the “Gone With the Wind” myth they’re peddling.

From Los Angeles Times