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duplex house

American  

noun

  1. a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.

duplex house British  

noun

  1. Also called (US): semidetached.  a house divided into two separate dwellings

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Lennon lived at a comfortable 1930s duplex house called "Mendips" in 251 Menlove Ave. from 1945 to 1963 with his aunt and uncle after his parents separated when he was five.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2012

She rents one side of a small duplex house in Fort Worth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Parsons insists on living in one half of a frame duplex house without electricity or bathtub, wears cotton hose and gingham dresses, likes to haggle with grocers over not quite fresh foods.

From Time Magazine Archive

Along with his staff, Tunner moved into a stucco and plywood duplex house on the air base.

From Time Magazine Archive

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