rez-de-chaussée
Americannoun
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rez-de-chaussées
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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 Charles Theodore Murray
Her house was, like Madame du Clozel's, a single rez-de-chaussée surmounted by a mansard....
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George Washington Cable
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
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 Mary King Waddington
The rez-de-chaussée was divided into enormous workshops and lit by windows black with dust.
From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola
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