pied-a-terre

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pied-a-terre Meaning of "pied-a-terre"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) lodging for occasional or secondary use

Usage(s):

  1. Montreal, Europe's pied-a-terre in North America, went through a grim economic patch in the '80s and early '90s, when it had clearly lost its panache.
  2. Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani maintains a pied-a-terre there.
  3. During an interview at the midtown apartment that serves as his Manhattan pied-a-terre, Diller is restless even in repose.

Quotes

  1. Did it still look, as Pynchon wrote, "like a nobleman's pied-a-terre applied to mean purposes"?
    on Jun 25, 2008 By: Thomas Pynchon Source: New York Times

  2. There's one oddly real scene where actor Dax Shepard describes a fancy apartment as being "like Kate Hudson's New York pied-a-terre."
    on Apr 24, 2008 By: Dax Shepard Source: FOXNews

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