gingerbread office

== English == === Etymology === From gingerbread (“in its figurative use as ersatz or unpleasant”) + office (“place to fulfill one's obligations; place of business”) === Noun === gingerbread office (plural gingerbread offices) (architecture) An office in the gingerbread Victorian style. (slang, euphemistic, obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:outhouse === References === === Further reading === gingerbread office on Wikipedia.Wikipedia