tenantable

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In the case of houses for occupation, the tenant would have to keep the house in a tenantable state of repair during the term, and deliver it up in like condition.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Scarcely had they begun to construct their cabins, when they were surprised by the rigors of an untried climate; their habitations being enveloped in 367 snow before they were tenantable....

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

At the close of the month it is stated on reliable authority, that the number of buildings actually tenantable was greater than before the conflagration.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

If any rent roll was to be derived from such a property there must be, in the first place, a large outlay in many ways before the land could be made profitable, or indeed tenantable.

From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Treacher, W. H. (William Hood), Sir

By 7 A.M. it became evident that the cabin must soon go to pieces, and indeed it was scarcely tenantable then.

From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.