rooming house

noun

room·ing house | \ ˈrü-miŋ-

, ˈru̇-\

Definition of rooming house

: a house where lodgings are provided for rent

Examples of rooming house in a Sentence

After losing his job, he moved to a cheap rooming house.

Recent Examples on the Web

The vaulted living room housed a fifteen-foot Christmas tree every year. — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, "You Could Live Here Alone Forever," 11 Jan. 2017 Those killed on the ground are in a rooming house at 961 Harney St. Investigators trace the accident to the use of wrong fuel. — Morning Brief, The Seattle Times, "Homelessness is up in Ballard, your ballot is on the way, and Russian spy intrigue | Thursday Morning Brief, July 19," 19 July 2018 Most probably stayed in the cramped rooming houses that once dominated the city, said Wildwood Historical Society president Al Brannen. — Avalon R. Zoppo, Philly.com, "Senior Week in Wildwood: A money-making machine that residents love to hate," 20 June 2018 The four men rented a room in a North Talbot Street rooming house and honed their skills on filling station and grocery store holdups. — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, "'Kill-Crazy' Brady gang tried to out-gangster John Dillinger," 29 June 2018 Korematsu made up a fake name and laid low in a rooming house. — Deanna Paul, Washington Post, "How the Supreme Court struck down a WWII-era travesty when it upheld Trump’s travel ban," 27 June 2018 The room houses large French Neoclassical paintings, including another of David's famous works featured in the music video. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "Inside the Louvre with Beyoncé and Jay-Z," 18 June 2018 It was turned into a rooming house sometime after the First World War. — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Historic Concordia home is 4,000 square feet of hard work - and love," 31 May 2018 For instance, a man who allegedly shot and killed another man at a northwest Atlanta rooming house was captured last Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Southern Regional Task Force. — Steve Burns, ajc, "Longtime North Georgia sheriff in line for federal job," 10 June 2018

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