However miserable he has been here, however unwelcome, however badly treated, you have at least, grudgingly, allowed him houseroom.

In view of contingencies, the farm stock had been reduced by sale below ordinary limits, and well-disposed neighbours had offered temporary houseroom and shelter amongst them for both family and anything movable.

The distress of any population means that they need food, houseroom, clothes, and fuel.

Now that the other boys are up the country," said Mariana, who was the elder, "we have more houseroom than we need.

Partly, perhaps, because the woodpecker is always crowded for houseroom, and while he must have tail enough, he cannot afford to have any which he does not use.