rez-de-chaussée
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Here and there some rez-de-chaussée aglow showed the usual gossippers of the concierges.
From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore
In one of the rooms of the rez-de-chaussée we saw several women waiting to take the children.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
What was concocted in the rez-de-chaussée was demolished in the entresol.
From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various
Besides the rez-de-chaussée, which is but little above the ground, there are two good stories all round the building, and even more in the towers.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
We inhabit the first floor, along with the rez-de-chaussée, which has been turned into domestic offices suitable for the needs of the family.
From A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
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