doss-house

chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doss-house
Noun
  • Writer Wallace Thurman would throw parties at his rooming house, attracting a more bohemian crowd from Harlem and the Village.
    Shannon J. Effinger, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Coney lived with his father in a rooming house next door.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Reserve a simple lodging house or a two-bedroom apartment.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
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“Doss-house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doss-house. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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