flophouse

noun

flop·​house ˈfläp-ˌhau̇s 

: a cheap rooming house or hotel

Examples of flophouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

LaSalle Hotel, once a flophouse, will have a ground-floor restaurant and commercial space with 28 residential units. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

The Democrats began flying Haitians into Logan by the thousands, and soon Healey was opening close to 80 flophouses for their permanent relaxation. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026

Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded. — Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flophouse

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse