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two-up, two-down noun

Click to hear the UK pronunciation of this word/tuːˌʌp.tuːˈdaʊn/ n [C] UK informal

Definition

a small, two-storey house with just two main rooms on the ground floor and two bedrooms on the top floor
a modest two-up, two-down

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