boardinghouse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of boardinghouse
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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The Boardinghouse has been relocated to the upper level in the Cecil's Fountain Plaza building.
From Time Magazine Archive
That one refers to Mrs. Montfort's Boardinghouse, a fleabag theatrical hotel, which was Allen's first miserable beach head on Broadway's Great White Way.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the fall of that same year, Sourmelina and Theodora took up residence nearby in the O’Toole Boardinghouse, right behind Hurlbut on Cadillac Boulevard.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
She sits on a daybed at the O’Toole Boardinghouse, her feet propped up on a pillow, a pillow of cotton between each toe.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
By July, when the telephone rang at the O’Toole Boardinghouse, there was sometimes another kind of love song issuing from the earpiece: “Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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