Definitions
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- adjective reached by
stairs rather than anelevator - adjective containing such flats
- adjective for which no
appointment is necessary - noun US Such an apartment or block.
- noun aviation an informal visit to a
control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective a building with no elevator
- noun an apartment in a building without an elevator
- noun an apartment building without an elevator
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Examples
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This week's increases cover first-class seats, economy seats that can instantly be upgraded to first-class, and so-called walk-up fares -- tickets bought the day of travel.
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It’s called a walk-up apartment, and they’re more common in big cities, like New York City or Chicago, than the town I live in: Willow, Oregon, population 39,257.
It’s Raining Cupcakes LISA SCHROEDER 2010
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It’s called a walk-up apartment, and they’re more common in big cities, like New York City or Chicago, than the town I live in: Willow, Oregon, population 39,257.
It’s Raining Cupcakes LISA SCHROEDER 2010
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It’s called a walk-up apartment, and they’re more common in big cities, like New York City or Chicago, than the town I live in: Willow, Oregon, population 39,257.
It’s Raining Cupcakes LISA SCHROEDER 2010
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Hunched within its floodlit new-build, English cricket is now surfing the finest margins, dependent on the grande bouffe of the Saturday spree merchant, and not so much in bed with the purveyors of walk-up hospitality as sweatily intertwined on the main stairs.
Sozzled - how English cricket got lost in drink | Barney Ronay 2011
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In January 2001 my brother took a tumble just stepping off the kerb in snow/ice, a block and half from his third-storey walk-up apartment.
Think Progress » GOP congressman praises government health care system that paid for his treatement. 2010
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Two years later, she organized her first calendar from a bedbug-infested walk-up with the help of her roommate.
Fashion's Calendar Keeper Jo Piazza 2012
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Hunched within its floodlit new-build, English cricket is now surfing the finest margins, dependent on the grande bouffe of the Saturday spree merchant, and not so much in bed with the purveyors of walk-up hospitality as sweatily intertwined on the main stairs.
Sozzled - how English cricket got lost in drink | Barney Ronay 2011
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In other words, it is not a race for casual runners, like me, whose athletic résumés feature "plays rec league soccer" and "recently lived in a walk-up."
86 Floors, Little Preparation Joshua Robinson 2012
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And closer to home is Montreal, where the predominant housing form is a three - or four-story walk-up.
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