splanch

noun

splanch

noun

Etymology Blend of split-level + ranch.

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Architecture US A house with three levels inside a two-level skin.

We barely see the world at such a level, for we are surburbing in our splanches, looking for ledges to set down our plastic menorahs for all the gentiles to see.2005, Mathias B. Freese, The i Tetralogy, page 213:

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