- a variation of boardinghouse.
boarding house
Americannoun
noun
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a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
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a house for boarders at a school See also house
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Peter was 14 at the time, old enough to be allowed to spend the day on his own in the seaside town of Barmouth, where his family were staying in a boarding house.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The play takes place almost entirely within a boarding house in Pittsburgh in 1911.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Gladys' mother, Catherine Kearney, was a servant working at a boarding house in Drogheda in Ireland when she became pregnant.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
They had run a boarding house in Coatesville, but abandoned the business and left town as the scandal garnered national attention, she said.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
There’s a German boarding house at the end, where soldiers stay, mostly the ones who are with the police.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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