Word of the Day - Pied-à-terre

[debodun]

Pied-à-terre - a small house or apartment kept for occasional use.

Many business people keep a pied-à-terre in a city to which they frequently travel.

 

[Pepper]

My son's in-laws, who live 20 miles away have a pied-à-terre 6 blocks away.

 

[Della]

Until now, I thought a pied-a-terre was an apartment kept expressly for illicit assignations.

 

[Mizmo]

His wife wondered why he was always making excuses to go to his pied-a-terre in the city