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town house

–noun
1. a house in the city, esp. as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
2. a luxurious house in a large city, occupied entirely by one family.
3. one of a row of houses joined by common sidewalls.
Also, townhouse.


Origin:
1520–30
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town·house or town house   (toun'hous')   
n.  
  1. A residence in a city.

  2. A row house, especially a fashionable one.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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