flophouse

[ flop-hous ]
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noun,plural flop·hous·es [flop-hou-ziz]. /ˈflɒpˌhaʊ zɪz/.
  1. a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.

Origin of flophouse

1
First recorded in 1890–95; flop + house

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flophouse

/ (ˈflɒpˌhaʊs) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian slang a cheap lodging house, esp one used by tramps: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): dosshouse

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