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• n  a country house (usually located in the country) that provides a cool place to live in the summer

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• Touring the Crane Estate in Ipswich
  Back in 1925, when F. Scott Fitzgerald was putting the finishing touches on his novel “The Great Gatsby,” Chicago plumbing magnate Richard T. Crane Jr. was living the dream. On a hilltop surrounded by the ocean in Ipswich, Crane oversaw the construction of a fabulous English-style summer house, where he would host lavish parties with his wife, Florence, and throw birthday parties for their son ...
  June 16, 2013 - Boston Globe