"crazy cottage"?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 12/20/2013 01:37 AM, John Doe wrote:

>Which one of these housed the crooked little man?

House.
Common modern versions include:
     There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
     He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.
     He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
     And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
Joel





>On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:52 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
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> > Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > > No I don't mean the TV game show.  Is "crazy cottage" a phrase used
> > > (more than once or twice) to describe a lopsided building?  The OED
> > > has no quotes.  Is there some more common term?
> >
> > The term "crooked house" is sometimes used for lopsided and oddly
> > proportioned buildings, I think.
> >
> > The Crooked House is a public house in South Staffordshire England
> > sayeth Wikipedia.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crooked_House
> >
> > Crooked House of Windsor in Windsor, United Kingdom
> > http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20268781_20602002,00.html
> >
> > Kids Crooked House website displays various playhouses
> > http://www.kidscrookedhouse.com/
> >
> > Crooked buildings: Flickr gallery curated by RadamesM - 16 photos
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/radamesm/galleries/72157626006219937/
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> > The famous short story "And He Built a Crooked House" by Robert A.
> > Heinlein is about a four-dimensional tesseract.
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