Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small house
- noun a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside
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Examples
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I suppose the ground allotted to the garden of your maisonnette is marked out, and probably will be enclosed and broken up before the foundation of your mansion is laid; therefore to encourage M. d'Arblay in the study of horticulture, I have the honour to send him Miller's 'Gardener's Dictionary' - an excellent book, at least for the rudiments of the art.
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In the cave of an old maisonnette at the exterior of the town I now scripture these words with sharp charcoal derived from a dead fire in the back garden.
Fantômas en Amérique (Part 3) James Greer 2011
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In the cave of an old maisonnette at the exterior of the town I now scripture these words with sharp charcoal derived from a dead fire in the back garden.
Fantômas en Amérique (Part 3) James Greer 2011
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This late in the evening, I could not yet make out the charming maisonnette* that was to be our rental for the next seven days.
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This late in the evening, I could not yet make out the charming maisonnette* that was to be our rental for the next seven days.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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This late in the evening, I could not yet make out the charming maisonnette* that was to be our rental for the next seven days.
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Paris: 1982, (2nd edition 1988); Une maisonnette au bord de la Vistule et autres nouvelles du monde Yiddish.
Rachel Ertel. 2009
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This late in the evening, I could not yet make out the charming maisonnette* that was to be our rental for the next seven days.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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La maisonnette de Barbichounette said something sweet:
foodbeam » Quand j’étais petite… – Tarte à la figue et aux amandes 2006
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La maisonnette de Barbichounette said something sweet:
foodbeam » Bon Anniversaire – Tarte fine aux Asperges et aux Meilleur Chèvre Frais du Monde 2006
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