storied

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The houses in the thoroughfare were three-storied, and a number wore used as shops of the huckstering variety, mainly by Chinese.

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  1. adjective Celebrated or famous in history or story: the storied journey of the Mayflower.
  2. adjective Ornamented with designs representing scenes from history, legend, or story: storied tapestry.
  3. adjective Having or consisting of a specified number of stories. Often used in combination: a three-storied house; a multistoried office building.

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  • Her house was Spanish style—a two-storied, white stucco with a red-tiled roof. —  muller 10 fixed
  • The house was two-storied, weather-boarded, a vintage probably thirty-five years back. —  141 - Satan Black
  • The building that Shareef Thomas was in turned out to be two-storied, with faded gray shingles and some broken windows. —  Cat and Mouse
  • The building is two-storied, made of pink stucco, and flanked by palmettos and elephant's-ears; bar and food service downstairs, Jocko's quarters upstairs. —  Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, March-April 2005
  • That building still stood: three-storied, with a pink concrete-block facade and a sagging front stoop. —  Muller, Marcia - [14] Wolf in the shadows
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  1. from story + -ed.
  2. Formerly also storeyed; from story + -ed.
 

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/ˈstoʊrɪd/
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