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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
- 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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