as in rooming house
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In 1950, a Joanne Smith, of the correct age of twenty, was working as a receptionist at a bank in Minneapolis, living in a rooming house.—
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27 Jan. 2026 -
For example, in Milwaukee, the tourist rooming house license can be obtained through the Department of Neighborhood Services.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
25 Dec. 2025
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The backyard of the lodging house on Hanbury Street, where Annie Chapman died, had three possible exits through neighboring yards; there were five at Mitre Square, where forty-six-year-old Catherine Eddowes bled out in a dark corner.—
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31 Oct. 2025
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Research trips took them to local lodging houses, private family homes, and vintage Deco hotels including Bombay’s Bentley’s Hotel and Sea Green Hotel on Marine Drive.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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“Doss-house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doss-house. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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