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Recent Examples of flophouse
The place had opened a year and half before on the ground floor of a notorious Bowery flophouse called, with perfect New York irony, the Palace Hotel.
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Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
And then there are all of Gov. Healey’s foreign freeloader flophouses.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025
Decrepit office buildings and flophouse hotels have been remade into pricey lofts and townhouses, the coolest address being where prizefighters Depp and Heard went at it tooth and nail, an art deco masterpiece called the Eastern Guardian Building, with its eerie clock tower and greenish glow.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
And then there are all of Gov. Healey’s foreign freeloader flophouses.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 June 2025
Decrepit office buildings and flophouse hotels have been remade into pricey lofts and townhouses, the coolest address being where prizefighters Depp and Heard went at it tooth and nail, an art deco masterpiece called the Eastern Guardian Building, with its eerie clock tower and greenish glow.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
Noun
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Down the beach Madam LeFleur stood on the porch of her boardinghouse beating slugs off a yak wool rug.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Students crowded around dormitory screens, a wedding paused for the final kick, and car horns rang out as flags streamed from open windows.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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In Surihari, Bangladesh, the contribution of Casa Mariù will enable a PIME facility serving around 160 children to complete the renovation of its school and dormitory, while also providing 25 children with disabilities with adequate educational, social and health care assistance.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her dorm room became a hub for her creativity.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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Since Megan's death, Strickland — who has moved into an apartment away from their dorm — continues to think about what was lost.—
Brian Brant,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Gardner framed it to exclude the girl’s relatives, the commissioners’ assistants, the fort and nearby Indian encampments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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San Diego cleaning crews clear thousands of homeless encampments each year, and the city has a process for storing and returning certain valuable belongings seized during those sweeps.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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