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terraced house

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noun

  1. US and Canadian names: row house, town house. a house that is part of a terrace

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Nelson said the couple had just rewatched the series before seeing the three bedroom terraced house had been listed for sale online earlier this year.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

On a stereotypically rainy day in Manchester, we're ushered into a kitchen that at first glance appears to be in a normal terraced house.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Our home was a compact, two-story terraced house with a back garden and a little lean-to greenhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

"It was completely coercive, controlling," she says, going on to add that the group operated from an "ordinary" looking terraced house.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025

He remembered no intervening time, no sore feet—but here he was, addressing in the politest terms an old lady who stood in the doorway of a flat-fronted terraced house.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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