town house
noun
1
: a usually single-family house of two or sometimes three stories that is usually connected to a similar house by a common sidewall
also
: row house
2
: a house in town
specifically
: the city residence of one having a country seat or having a chief residence elsewhere
stayed at their town house during the social season
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This year, the honor falls to a stately late-Greek Revival town house on Clinton Street, which, unlike many previous show homes, is actually not for sale.
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Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
Now, in addition to this haven, the family’s main residence is a town house on Manhattan’s Upper West Side—not far from the 77th Street weekend flea market.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
The aircraft then crashed into town houses, which also caught fire, Plock said.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2024
The historic town house on the corner of O’Keefe Avenue and Poydras Street, in downtown New Orleans, has had many lives.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024
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Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
Now, in addition to this haven, the family’s main residence is a town house on Manhattan’s Upper West Side—not far from the 77th Street weekend flea market.
—Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
The aircraft then crashed into town houses, which also caught fire, Plock said.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2024
The historic town house on the corner of O’Keefe Avenue and Poydras Street, in downtown New Orleans, has had many lives.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Town house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20house. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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