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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

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

Zablocka's daughter remained in Poland with relatives, the court heard, while she and Podedworna initially lived in London, before moving to the terraced house in Princes Street in 2010.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2026

"It was nothing back in the day, just a normal house like a terraced house with a couple of lights up," she said.

From BBC Nov. 26, 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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