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Definition of: cliff-dweller

(klif′dwel′ər) noun
1. One of certain aboriginal North American Indian tribes of the SW United States and NW Mexico who built their dwellings in natural or excavated recesses in the sides of cliffs and canyons: antecedents of the tribes now known as Pueblo Indians.
2. U.S. Colloq. A person who lives in a city apartment house.
—cliff′–dwell′ing noun

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"cliff" has the frequency of use of 0.0013%
"dweller" has the frequency of use of 0.0002%

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