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cliff-dwelling

Variant of cliff dweller

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a member of an ancient North American Indian people of the Southwest that lived in hollows or caves in cliffs: they were ancestors of the Pueblo Indians
Informal a person who lives in a large urban apartment house

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cliff-dwelling adjective

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