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two-family house

American  
[too-fam-uh-lee, -fam-lee] / ˈtuˌfæm ə li, -ˌfæm li /

noun

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


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The scene: The couple own a two-family house, with the tenants right upstairs.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

Ganiso, 42, who owns a trucking company, bought the two-family house for $55,000 in 2012.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2022

At the white two-family house where Justin lived on Beach 69th Street, relatives held a vigil on the front porch.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2021

Q. My neighbors: I live on the first floor of a two-family house.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2020

He dropped Tyrell off at the two-family house they shared with Mr. Waters’s sister and her two sons on Pomona Avenue, a tree-lined street in Newark’s Weequahic section.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben