a pied-à-terre

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a pied-à-terre

a small apartment or house in a city which belongs to someone whose main home is somewhere else and which they have so that they can visit the city whenever they want He has a pied-à-terre in Mayfair and a five-bedroom house in Dorset.

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When asked if they’d be living full-time in the apartment, he said, “For them, it’s more of a pied-à-terre. Say Ni! John Cleese Closes on $1.4 M. Upper East Side Co-Op by Max Abelson / The New York Observer 65 million for a pied-à-terre at 262 Central Park West. Washington Post Owner Spends $4.65 M. for Central Park West ... by Max Abelson / The New York Observer Lietersdorf, commuting between Geneva and the Mediterranean, used 704 Broadway as a pied-à-terre. Where the Air Is Rarefied by Toni Schlesinger / The New York Observer			a one-way ticket to a pack of lies a pack rat a pain in the ass a paper chase a paper tiger a paper trail a part to play a parting shot a party animal a party pooper a pat on the back a peace offering a pearl of wisdom a pecking order a peeping Tom a pen pusher a penchant for a penny for your thoughts A penny saved is a penny earned a pep talk a pick-me-up a piece of cake a piece of the action a piece of the pie a pied-à-terre a pig in a poke a pillar of strength a pink slip a pipe dream a piss-artist a piss-up a pit stop a pitched battle a place to call own a plain Jane a play on words a poacher turned gamekeeper a poison-pen letter a poisoned chalice a political football a poor man's a poor relation a port of call a powder keg a price on head a prima donna a prime mover a priori a prophet of doom a pub crawl			a piece of (one's) mind a piece of (one's) mind a piece of ass a piece of ass a piece of ass a piece of ass a piece of ass A piece of bric-a-brac A Piece of Cake A Piece of Cake A piece of money a piece of old takkie A Piece of Space a piece of tail a piece of tail a piece of tail a piece of tail a piece of tail A Piece of the Action A Piece of the Action A Piece of the Action A Piece of the Action A Piece of the Action A Piece of the Action A Piece of the Action a piece of the pie a piece of the pie a piece of the pie a piece of the pie à pied a pied-à-terre A pig in a poke A pig in a poke a pig of a a pig of a a pig of a a pillar of strength a pink slip a pipe dream a Piscis Australis a piss-artist a piss-up a pit stop a pitched battle A Place Called Home A Place For Everything, And Everything In Its Place A Place for Mom A Place for My Head A Place to Bury Strangers a place to call own A Place to Remember a plain Jane a play on words A play upon words A Pleasant Shade of Gray A Pleasing Interface A Pleasurable Headache A Plus

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