From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstation houseˈstation ˌhouse noun [countable] American English old-fashioned SCPthe local office of the police in a town, part of a city etc SYN police station
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station house• It had a station house and station master.• Then the whole thing becomes station house gossip.• Horderley, Plowden and Eaton were grander, each with a red brick station house.• They found that the track-bed was still in good condition and that the well-preserved station house was inhabited by a local shepherd.• We walked through the station house and stood outside the door for a moment scanning the dark village.• The little Victorian station house stood there mellow in the sun, with tubs of flowers adding to the colourful scene.