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roadhouse West and Northwest, Hist. 
n. a rest house or lodge, often of simple character, used by wayfarers.
See also: road ranche stopping-house way-house
- 1909 In their road-house down by the river-trail they waited and watched for prey. . . .
- 1922 The roadhouse was a low, log building about fifty feet long and twenty wide.
- 1936 Every few miles we stopped at a road-house where food of sorts and liquor were disposed of at high prices.
- 1962 My ranch house used to be a stopping place or roadhouse for this stagecoach.
- 1909 In their road-house down by the river-trail they waited and watched for prey. . . .