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flophouse

noun

Definition of flophouse

as in boardinghouse

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Recent Examples of flophouse In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2026 In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2025 Many of the locals worked in factories and slept in flophouses. — Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025 What was built was a 29-story baby-poop brown block of a building that looked like a cheap heating unit jutting out of a wall in a flophouse apartment. — Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2016 See All Example Sentences for flophouse

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Noun

Gold discovered in nearby Alder Gulch in 1863 turned this remote corner of Montana into a boomtown complete with saloons, hotels, theaters, shops, and boardinghouses.

— Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

Definition of boardinghouse

Noun

Federal investigators say the incident happened in March inside a dormitory at the campus in Manhattan.

— Alice Gainer, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Iran International reported that the protest began over tuition, dormitory and food costs before expanding into broader political chants.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of dormitory

Noun

Indeed, Mastercard’s Lambert predicts that tools like Agent Pay will spur a wealth of new businesses founded by college kids tinkering in their dorm rooms.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
No one who’d come of age in the ’60s, as I had, could possibly be scandalized by news of a dorm party.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of dorm

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But after Vucic conceded defeat Sunday evening, ecstatic young revelers filled the streets of Belgrade and ripped down the cordons around the encampment known as Caciland.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
The ads are intended to promote the idea that Raman isn’t tough on homeless encampments, which Raman says misrepresents her position.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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