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Definition of Pied-a-terre
1. Noun. Lodging for occasional or secondary use. "They bought a pied-a-terre in London"
Definition of Pied-a-terre
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pied-à-terre) ¹
2. Noun. smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home ¹
3. Noun. house in the city ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pied-a-terre
Literary usage of Pied-a-terre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1856)
"... American minister is come there as resident for the first time; his real object
is to get an island as a pied a terre in the Mediterranean. ..."
2. The Mount: Narrative of a Visit to the Site of a Gaulish City on Mount by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Eugénie Hamerton (1897)
"A Frenchman likes what he calls a pied-a-terre— that is to say, ... A town
pied-a-terre is usually a single floor in a large house that is divided into ..."
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