pied-a-terre

NOUN
  1. lodging for occasional or secondary use
    they bought a pied-a-terre in London
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How To Use pied-a-terre In A Sentence

  • Ms. Wilder called the co-op, located on West 81st Street at Columbus Avenue, 'the ultimate pied-à-terre.' Upper West Side Escape
  • They own a cottage in Scotland and a house in London as well as a pied-a-terre in Paris.
  • But the older brother (your husband), pardon me for saying so, has you completely bamboozled - into thinking not only that this is an acceptable and normal situation (it's not), but also that you're being "unreasonable" for even suggesting his brother be a better guest or (God forbid) stop using your place as a shtup-shack, pied-à-terre and party palace while you're away. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • It was a pied-à-terre, not a home: no one had left a handprint on it. MURDER SONG
  • But in the meantime it's a pied-a-terre with Mrs Q. ' `Mrs Q ? THE BLACK OPAL
  • With this desert pied-a-terre, OMD proves that ideas of prefabrication, flexibility, portability and compact spaciousness can be combined to make off-the-grid living perfectly comfortable. Sustainable Prefab Pied-a-Terre by Office of Mobile Design | Inhabitat
  • But in the meantime it's a pied-a-terre with Mrs Q. ' `Mrs Q ? THE BLACK OPAL
  • Six months passed, and then came word that our rich artist desired to sell his little _pied-a-terre_; but he demanded the price he had given for it, and, moreover, what he called compensation for the buildings he had added. News from the Duchy
  • All I can say is that I believe it to be quite usual for a gentleman's gentleman to be employed in a pied-à-terre. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
  • The place was just a pied-à-terre for them; they live in Westport. NEW YORK DEAD
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