The jolt jerks up its passengers in the semidetached steerage.
"The New North"
Agnes Deans Cameron
The long drive, lined with hostile monkey trees and formal wellingtonias that were solemn and sedate, was mere extension of the miniature approach to a thousand semidetached suburban "residences"; and the appearance of The Towers, as we turned the corner with a rush, suggested a commonplace climax to a story that had begun interestingly, almost thrillingly.
"The Damned"
Algernon Blackwood
It's fun, Phyllis went on, leading this semidetached life, with no responsibilities whatever.
"The Wishing-Ring Man"
Margaret Widdemer