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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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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

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Emery Barn Equipment Shed — It was built between 1915-1916 and demolished in 2008 to build the Deerfield Hall dormitory.

— Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
At least one person was killed, and 15 were wounded in Kyiv, where residential buildings, warehouses, a supermarket, and a dormitory were damaged, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Sunday.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 July 2026

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Save up to 50% on school supplies, backpacks, tech, dorm essentials and classroom must-haves.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Dorm Décor Is No Joke Outfitting said tiny dorm rooms with monograms, dust ruffles, and designer-level home decor has become quite the beast itself at Southern colleges.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

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In another clip, people competed with harsh winds to set up a tent encampment on a soccer field and children entertained themselves on a nearby jungle gym.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
This narrative — that whoever was in the Jeep was attacking racial justice protesters and that protesters or their allies fired back in self-defense — was echoed in social media posts and throughout the encampment.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

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