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boardinghouses
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By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026 -
Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.—
Masha Hamilton,
Longreads,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Doss-houses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doss-houses. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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