house

house
   The Oxford English Dictionary describes this as an exclamation that was once used on entering an inn to summon a waiter or the landlord. With that one may compare ‘Shop!’, still used by customers who enter a shop and find no-one behind the counter. In both instances the exclamation draws attention to someone who needs attention. However, there is some evidence that ‘house’ was occasionally used as a synonym for landlord. There are examples of such usage in George Borrow’s Lavengro. ‘Can I have dinner, house?’ is addressed to the landlord after he has made his appearance. This may never have been general usage, and is certainly obsolete now. The exclamatory use of ‘house’ has also changed, being an indication now of a ‘full house’ when playing bingo.

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