rez-de-chaussée
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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)
Her house was, like Madame du Clozel's, a single rez-de-chaussée surmounted by a mansard....
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington
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
Mme Boche was the concierge of the house wherein the restaurant Veau à Deux Têtes occupied the rez-de-chaussée.
From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile
I daresay you'd be glad to get back to that rez-de-chaussée of yours.
From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph
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