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granny flat

NOUN
accessory apartment
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We lived in a neighborhood where the only white people were the family who lived in front of our granny flat.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2025

The fire claimed dozens of homes in its path, but the family’s house — which includes a garage and a granny flat on more than two acres near Cleveland National Forest — was unscathed.

From New York Times Jun. 14, 2023

Dominik has what he describes as a small "granny" flat attached to his house.

From BBC May 7, 2023

They could add a granny flat, convert the house into a duplex or erect a triplex or fourplex.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2021

“She's moved into our granny flat, just across the way. You know her, do you?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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