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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mews  \Mews\,  n.  sing.  &  pl  [Prop.  pl  of  mew.  See  {Mew}  a 
  cage.] 
  An  alley  where  there  are  stables;  a  narrow  passage;  a 
  confined  place  [Eng.] 
 
  Mr  Turveydrop's  great  room  .  .  .  was  built  out  into  a 
  mews  at  the  back  --Dickens. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mews 
  n  :  (British)  a  street  lined  with  building  that  were  originally 
  private  stables  but  have  been  remodeled  as  dwellings; 
  "she  lives  in  a  Chelsea  mews" 




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