Sidesplit

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.

    "It hadn't been Quirk's childhood home, a spacious suburban sidesplit Ted had seen only after it had been sold and only from the outside."

  2. 2
    A split in which the legs are extending to the left and right of the torso.

    "For example, it takes a young girl gymnast, as a rule, about a month to learn how to do the sidesplit."

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"It hadn't been Quirk's childhood home, a spacious suburban sidesplit Ted had seen only after it had been sold and only from the outside."

Etymology

From side + split.

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