flophouse
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The street was lined with flophouses and soup kitchens, the last stop for the downtrodden and down-on-their-luck. — Joanne Kaufman, WSJ, "‘Devil’s Mile’ Review: Dance Halls, Derelicts and Condos," 24 Aug. 2018 An urban planning professor who analyzed New York City's Airbnbs said some of them have become modern society's flophouses — the equivalent of Depression-era boarding houses. — Ellen Mccarthy, ajc, "Top bunk for $30 a day: Life inside one of Airbnb's modern boarding houses," 8 May 2018 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. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flophouse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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