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  • noun Plural form of penthouse.

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Examples

  • We live on Eighty-ninth and Park, and Sixty-sixth off Fifth, and Sutton Place, in penthouses and duplexes and townhouses.

    Popular Girls 2001

  • We live on Eighty-ninth and Park, and Sixty-sixth off Fifth, and Sutton Place, in penthouses and duplexes and townhouses.

    Popular Girls 2001

  • And those are reserved for “the new chosen,” as the Fellowship calls America’s elite, all those now preparing for cozy afterlives to their public lives in penthouses and beach houses and a ranch down in Crawford.

    06 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq 2008

  • And those are reserved for “the new chosen,” as the Fellowship calls America’s elite, all those now preparing for cozy afterlives to their public lives in penthouses and beach houses and a ranch down in Crawford.

    palin and ‘moral re-armament’ 2008

  • But the word has been stretched to its limit and beyond in the New York real estate lexicon, with some apartments being called penthouses for dubious reason, as Christine Haughney describes in Tuesday's Appraisal column.

    NYT > Home Page By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK 2010

  • In France, three African leaders and their families face accusations of embezzling state funds and buying trophies such as penthouses and Ferraris valued at £137m.

    The Guardian World News Ian Birrell 2011

  • Under existing laws, it is possible for owners of large units such as penthouses to reduce their fees, putting more of a burden on smaller units.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Under existing laws, it is possible for owners of large units such as penthouses to reduce their fees, putting more of a burden on smaller units.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Love the floor to ceiling windows! was this one of the 'penthouses' or premium apartments then?

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • Under existing laws, it is possible for owners of large units such as penthouses to reduce their fees, putting more of a burden on smaller units.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

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