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flophouse

noun

Definition of flophouse

as in boardinghouse

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Recent Examples of flophouse In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2026 In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2025 Many of the locals worked in factories and slept in flophouses. — Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025 What was built was a 29-story baby-poop brown block of a building that looked like a cheap heating unit jutting out of a wall in a flophouse apartment. — Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2016 See All Example Sentences for flophouse

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Noun

Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026

Definition of boardinghouse

Noun

And in August 2018, Braeden Bradforth, 19, was found unconscious in an alley outside his dormitory after the first day of football conditioning at Garden City Community College.

— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
At the center Tuesday afternoon, about a dozen residents gathered with pets and assorted belongings as a team of volunteers worked to set up a dormitory in the center’s gymnasium.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of dormitory

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The bunkhouses had been closed since early 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent infrastructure projects, with one men’s dorm and one women’s dorm scheduled to reopen September 1.

— Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
In the post, De Laurentiis shared an image of Jade, 18, sitting on her dorm bed holding Radiohead’s In Rainbows record and smiling.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dorm

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In Mina, the encampment outside Mecca where millions of pilgrims stay each year, buffet catering is provided, along with occasional surprises such as popcorn machines and ice cream.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Of course there is a fire risk associated with sleeping rough, but most encampment fires start in dense neighborhoods like Skid Row.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of encampment

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