hall of residence
Britishnoun
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She was also heavily involved in a campaign to stop the University of Derby turning its now empty 274-room hall of residence in the town into dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
There have been movie nights and a definite theme running through Old School, Step Brothers and Austin Powers; early-2000s university hall of residence.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
The 19th Century villa in Manchester had fallen into disrepair after being used as a student hall of residence.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2014
When Geordie answered their ad, he was lodging incognito with his girlfriend in the women's hall of residence at Trent College in Barnet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2013
It is now chiefly used as a hall of residence for university men and as lodging for the Judges of Assize.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See by Joseph E. Bygate
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