des resn.
/dɛz ˈrɛz/ A house or other dwelling-place presented as a highly desirable purchase (Estate-agents' jargon); frequently pejorative or ironic in wider use.
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houseOE
showernc1175
house of fencec1425
abbey1665
park1750
trust house1751
subhouse1771
hurley-house1814
bure1843
ideal home1854
tholtan1856
picture house1858
village-house1862
tumble-down1866
tree-house1867
mazet1873
riad1881
slaughterhouse1899
whare puni1911
mas1912
social housing1928
quadruplex1939
share house1945
starter home1948
show house1957
painted lady1978
self-build1978
starter1979
Earthship1985
Queenslander1985
des res1986
common house1989
1986 Fulham Herald 1 Feb. 1 This sort of estate is designed for people looking for a des res investment in town for weekdays, who already own weekend retreats in the country.
1986 Sunday Times 20 Apr. 40 (heading) Landlady of the scribes' des. res.
1987 Punch 15 Apr. 59/2 So the charmed grove was exchanged for a des res in Summertown, Oxford.
1990 Times 20 Apr. 2/3 The days of the ‘des res’ that clearly isn't are set to end for estate agents.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1986- according to script
- according to the imitation of
- according to the mind of
- according to the script
- according to, before, behind, on, etc, schedule
- according to, before, behind, on, etc, schedule time
- according unto a person's expectation
- according unto a person's expectations
- according unto expectation
- according unto expectations
- accordingly
- accordingly as
- accordion
- accordion door
- accordion file
- accordion fold
- accordion folder
- accordion player
- accordion pleat
- accordion-like
- accordion-plaited
- accordion-pleated
- accordioned
- accordionist
- accordionists