Word of the Day

curtilage

Definition: The enclosed area immediately surrounding a house or dwelling.

Synonyms: grounds, yard

Example: Before purchasing the property, she took a full tour of the curtilage, including the garage, barn, smokehouse, chicken house, and garden.

This Day in History

May 5, 1925           John Scopes was arrested in  Tennessee for teaching  Darwinism.

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Louisa May Alcott