as in boardinghouse
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Recent Examples of flophouse
The film follows 12-year-old Mikal, who shares a small room in a cheap hotel, commonly known as a flophouse, with his parents and their cat, Smokey.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
When Abercrombie does offer up interiors, they’re sparsely furnished and dingy, like rooms in a flophouse.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
When Abercrombie does offer up interiors, they’re sparsely furnished and dingy, like rooms in a flophouse.
—Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
Noun
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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True enough, perhaps, but Isabel was not pleased on finding herself in the company of boardinghouse people.—
Charles Portis,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The facility also has office space, dormitories and private sleeping spaces for VIPs, and training rooms.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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On a campus tour in early March, Mr. Hill pointed to construction sites for a new theater building and a rebuilt dormitory.—
Christopher Maag,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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Drawn by the image of red-brick walls, dorm life, and first-time independence, teenagers transitioning out of high school spend hours researching private and public colleges and universities.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Carmen is clueless at first about why things aren’t clicking with Benny in the bedroom (or more like the dorm room).—
Manuel Betancourt,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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The city has also been cracking down on homeless encampments, arrests that were almost unheard of even five years ago.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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As frustration intensifies over street homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local governments across California to effectively ban public camping and move faster to close dangerous encampments.—
Ethan Varian,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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