flophouse

noun flop·house \ ˈfläp-ˌhau̇s \

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Definition of flophouse

: a cheap rooming house or hotel

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Recent Examples of flophouse from the Web

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
He and his wife, who is five months pregnant, sleep at a flophouse provided for free by a local transportation company.

— luz dary depablos, The Seattle Times, "Venezuelans recycle worthless bolivar bills into crafts," 25 Feb. 2018
As a young adult Georges settles in Portland, Oregon, where her home becomes a kind of artists’ commune-cum-flophouse, throbbing with punk energy and alternative creativity, but hardly ideal for a dog of nervous temperament.

— sigrid nunez, New York Times, "Two Memoirs Celebrate Muses With Four Legs," 28 Sep. 2017

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