flophouse

noun

flop·​house ˈfläp-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce flophouse (audio)
: a cheap rooming house or hotel

Examples of flophouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor. Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024 When Elwood retrieves Jake from Joliet Prison at the start of the film, their eventual destination is a flophouse apartment in the Loop, a downtown space defined by L tracks. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024 By acquiring the names of all the other lords in his weed-farm network through some poor aristo whose estate has been turned into a flophouse for low-level gangsters after a dispute with the Glasses, Eddie can take this vital intel to Johnston and take away the Glasses’ leverage of secrecy. Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer). Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for flophouse 

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Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flophouse was in 1916

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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flophouse. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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