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Synonyms for walk-up


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wawk-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔkˌʌp

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Définition of walk-up

Origin :
  • in reference to an apartment not accessible by elevator, 1919, from the verbal phrase; see walk (v.) + up (adv.). As a noun from 1925.
  • As in curtain raiser : noun short preliminary event
  • As in flat : noun apartment
  • As in apartment : noun set of rooms for rent
Example sentences :
  • The house in which Cassy lived was what is agreeably known as a walk-up.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Paliser got out, preceded Cassy to the steps of the walk-up and smiled in her face.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • It had been arranged that the fallen star was to come to the walk-up and accompany Cassy to the Splendor.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • In the sphere of life to which a walk-up leads, the charts were dotted with but the postman and the corner druggist.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • The idea that it would lift him out of the walk-up, out of Harlem and cold veal, was the one excuse for her voyage to Cytherea.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • On leaving the walk-up Jones discovered a restaurant that he judged convenient and vile.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
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