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Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded.—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026 Back in the day, the LaSalle Hotel was a flophouse, just about the only place for downtown residents.—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 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 Meanwhile, crime raged out of control in the flophouses.—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flophouse