council house
(UK, Ireland) A house built and operated by a county council or a town council, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the working class and welfare recipients.
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My nan had an oddly huge garden for their council house
Council house tenants are being terrorised by the rodents with them scurrying through their walls, cupboards, attics and kitchens
My nan had an oddly huge for their council house
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(UK, Ireland) A house built and operated by a county council or a town council, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the working class and welfare recipients.
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- council housing87%
(UK, Ireland) Housing provided (and usually built) by the local authority (a county council or a town council) at a low rent, typically intended for those on low incomes.
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(UK, Ireland) Living in a council house.
- council-housed75%
A British and Irish term describing someone who lives in a council house — a publicly owned, government-subsidised property rented to lower-income residents. While simply a factual descriptor, 'council-housed' carries significant class connotations in UK culture and is sometimes used pejoratively in phrases like 'council-house mentality.' The term intersects with debates about social housing, class mobility, and the stigma attached to state assistance, making it loaded in certain contexts while being entirely neutral in others.
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(UK) A housing estate consisting, entirely or principally, of council housing.
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