pied-à-terre

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"I am Parson Homo and this is my _pied-à-terre_.

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  1. A temporary lodging; a lodging or small apartment which one keeps for convenience to use in passing through a town, etc.
  2. Mil., a foothold; a place from which to sally forth and upon which to retreat, as in a sortie upon an enemy. It was on Richthofen's recommendation that the bay of Kiao-chow was selected for the German pied-à-terre in China and the province of Shantung as a German “sphere of influence.” Encyc. Brit., XXVIII. 629.

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  • AmE pénchant, BrE pànshàn pensee pànsây perdu or perdue perdû pətêe petit bourgeois pətêe-bŏrzhwa pətêet-bŏrzhwa zêe petite sirah, petite syrah petit mal pətêe-mál petit point pətêe-pwàn pièce de résistance pì-éss də râyzêe-stànss pied-à-terre pyédà-téər pince-nez pánss-nây piolet-alpinist's two-headed ice-axe pique —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • She paid $29 million for it in early 2005, and renovated the condo from about 8,300 square feet of raw space into a five-bedroom pied-à-terre. —  Home | The New York Observer
  • Bob Greene cannot stop The Oprah from crawling off into some corner of her cream-and-gold Chicago pied-à-terre and scarfing down a crate of Funyuns. —  E! Online (US) - Top Stories
  • The open layout of this South-facing urban pied-à-terre feels much larger than its 339 square feet. —  The Seattle Condo Blog
  • AmE pénchant, BrE pànshàn pensée - thought, witty saying petit pətêe petit bourgeois pətêe-bŏrzhwa petite - small, cute pətêet petite bourgeoisie pətêet-bŏrzhwa zêe petite sirah, petite syrah pətêet-sírə petit mal pətêe-mál petit point pətêe-pwàn pièce de résistance pì-éss də râyzêe-stànss pied-à-terre pyédà-téər pince-nez pánss-nây piolet-alpinist's two-headed ice-axe pique —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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  1. French, pied, foot, à, to, on, terre, earth.
 

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