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POSSLQ (/ ˈ p ɒ s əl k j uː / POSS-əl-KYOO, plural POSSLQs) [1] [2] is an abbreviation (or acronym) for "person of opposite sex sharing living quarters", [3] a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households. [citation needed]
[3] Before 1995, the Bureau identified any "unrelated" opposite-sex couple living with no other adults as "POSSLQs", or Persons of Opposite Sex Sharing Living Quarters, [4] and the Bureau still reports these numbers to show historical trends. However, such measures should be taken loosely, as researchers report that cohabitation often does not ...
A billet is a living-quarters to which a soldier is assigned to sleep. Historically, a billet was a private dwelling that was required to accept the soldier. Soldiers are generally billeted in barracks or garrisons when not on combat duty, although in some armies soldiers with families are permitted to maintain a home off-post.
Hemings' living quarters was adjacent to Jefferson's bedroom but she remains something of an enigma: there are only four known descriptions of her. Enslaved blacksmith Isaac Granger Jefferson ...
Slave quarters in the United States, sometimes called slave cabins, were a form of residential vernacular architecture constructed during the era of slavery in the United States. These outbuildings were the homes of the enslaved people attached to an American plantation, farm, or city property.
The washhouse is where clothes, tablecloths, and bed-covers were cleaned and ironed. It also sometimes had living quarters for the laundrywoman. Cleaning laundry in this period was labor-intensive for the domestic slaves that performed it. It required various gadgets to accomplish the task. The wash boiler was a cast iron or copper cauldron in ...
Typically, one cabin was used for cooking and dining, while the other was used as a private living space, such as a bedroom. The primary characteristics of a dogtrot house are that it is typically one story (although 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story and rarer two-story examples survive), and has at least two rooms, typically 18–20 feet (5.5–6.1 m) wide ...
There is also shared bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room, and common living area. A bedroom at the Cape Cod Health Care workforce housing at Mashpee Commons. Photo taken Oct. 30, 2024.