flophouse

noun

flop·house | \ˈfläp-ˌhau̇s

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Definition of flophouse

: a cheap rooming house or hotel

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Brad Schmidt The Oregonian/OregonLive A Tigard flophouse on the verge of foreclosure has discovered new life thanks to a nearly $30,000 bailout from the state of Oregon. — OregonLive.com, "$30,000 loan by state of Oregon keeps flophouse open," 13 June 2018 He and his wife, who is five months pregnant, sleep at a flophouse provided for free by a local transportation company. — Washington Post, "Venezuelans recycle worthless bolivar bills into crafts," 6 Mar. 2018 He and his wife, who is five months pregnant, sleep at a flophouse provided for free by a local transportation company. — Washington Post, "Venezuelans recycle worthless bolivar bills into crafts," 6 Mar. 2018 He and his wife, who is five months pregnant, sleep at a flophouse provided for free by a local transportation company. — Washington Post, "Venezuelans recycle worthless bolivar bills into crafts," 6 Mar. 2018 The assassin James Earl Ray shot King, who was standing on the balcony, from a flophouse bathroom across the street. — Latoya Ruby Frazier, The Atlantic, "The Geography of Oppression," 3 Apr. 2018 He and his wife, who is five months pregnant, sleep at a flophouse provided for free by a local transportation company. — Washington Post, "Venezuelans recycle worthless bolivar bills into crafts," 6 Mar. 2018 He and his wife, who is five months pregnant, sleep at a flophouse provided for free by a local transportation company. — Washington Post, "Venezuelans recycle worthless bolivar bills into crafts," 6 Mar. 2018 He and his wife, who is five months pregnant, sleep at a flophouse provided for free by a local transportation company. — Washington Post, "Venezuelans recycle worthless bolivar bills into crafts," 6 Mar. 2018

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flophouse

noun

English Language Learners Definition of flophouse

: a very inexpensive hotel for poor people who do not have anywhere else to live

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