dogtrot

Example Sentences

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The dogtrot house, popular in America's south, was bisected by a covered, open-ended corridor to let breezes through.

From BBC

Christian homilies, dogtrot poetry, and treacly moralizing are delivered in a smooth, slightly formal country voice that goes down like lemonade with all the tang sugared out of it.

From The Guardian

During the summer, Winedale is haunted by the voices of students in the Shakespeare program, who read The Bard’s works in the dogtrots of the old houses.

From Washington Times

With minimal prompting, she is happy to hold forth on the history and architecture of dogtrot houses.

From New York Times

History repeats itself in the dogtrot floor plan of one couple’s Lowcountry retreat.

From Southern Living