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A coming-of-age Novel (or Bildungs Roman) By Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros.
A set of vignettes charts her growth from childhood to young adulthood over the course of a year.
The House on Mango street uses a collection of forty-four short tales that evoke the circumstances and conditions of a Hispanic American ghetto in Chicago. The narrative is seen through the eyes of Esperanza Cordero, an adolescent girl coming of age.
by F.U.N. November 27, 2009
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A really cool-looking house; a large house, mansion

The origin comes from the nursury rhyme "The house that Jack built" It is unsure who "Jack" really is, but it is believed that he may have been Jesus, since Jesus was a carpenter.
Man! I knew that Bill Gates guy was rich, but have you seen his house? THAT is the house that Jack built!
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the house down

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The house down is a drawn out version of the exclamation point.
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The house cup tournament

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The house cup tournament began with the first generation of Hogwarts students. One student from each of the houses will complete a series of dangerous tasks. The winner would not only win the cup, he would win eternal glory. If I remember correctly, the house cup tournament was disbanded after one semester when one of the students died. Don't worry, it was a Hufflepuff.
Quirrell: The house cup tournament is a time-honored tradition, but where does this competition come from and what are the roots of the competition?

Hermione Granger: The house cup tournament began with the first generation of Hogwarts students.

Quirrell: That was a rhetorical question.
by Hermione Stranger June 27, 2012
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DRIGGS' and Cobra's Sexy House of Delicious Titay Fooking Whores.
Let's all titay fook L-5!
by Richard Nixon October 9, 2004
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