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haunt verb [ hɔːnt ]

• (of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly.
• "a grey lady who haunts the chapel"
Similar: appear in, materialize in, visit, spook,

haunt noun

• a place frequented by a specified person.
• "the bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time"
Similar: hang-out, stamping ground, meeting place, territory, domain, purlieu, resort, den, retreat, favourite spot, hidey-hole, local, patch, manor,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘frequent (a place’)): from Old French hanter, of Germanic origin; distantly related to home.


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