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WIKTIONARY
cottage
Noun
  • A small house; a cot; a hut.
  • A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
  • A public lavatory, particularly as a meeting place for homosexual men. Britain gay slang
Verb
  • To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
  • Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging. intransitive, Britain, slang