walk-down

walk-down
/wawk"down'/, n.
1. a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
adj.
2. (of a store, restaurant, apartment, etc.) located below the level of the sidewalk: a popular walk-down nightclub in Greenwich Village.
[1905-10, Amer.; n., adj. use of v. phrase walk down]

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