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mews (myo̵̅o̅z)

plural noun

Chiefly Brit.
  1. stables or carriage houses, now often converted into dwellings, grouped around a court or along an alley
  2. such an alley

Etymology: after the Mews, the royal stables in London, built on the site where royal hawks were mewed: see mew

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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