two-family house

[ too-fam-uh-lee, -fam-lee ]

noun

1. a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.

Example Sentences

“I was born to sue,” he says in the two-family house in downtown Reno he practices out of.

From The Daily Beast

There, she lived in a two-family house with chipped green paint and a dilapidated exterior.

From The Daily Beast

He had no interest in his wife's movements; the two-family house on Ash Street was beyond her range!

From Project Gutenberg

She's married to a shipping clerk and lives in a little two-family house up on Washington Heights.

From Project Gutenberg

A double or two-family house of similar proportions was built next, as shown in Fig. 139.

From Project Gutenberg

"And I never did like the idea of livin' in a two-family house," declared Hephzy.

From Project Gutenberg