cottage
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A Canadian English slang term. Browse all Canadian slang.
What it means
A holiday house on a lake. Going to the cottage is a summer institution in Ontario; Quebec says chalet and Western Canada says cabin, for the same thing.
In use
We're up at the cottage most weekends in July.
Cottage traffic on the 400 is brutal on Fridays.
Other forms
- Similar terms:
- chalet, camp, cabin