lodging house

noun

1. a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.

lodging house

noun

1. a private home providing accommodation and meals for lodgers

Word History and Origins

Origin of lodging house¹

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

Migrants to the expanding cities headed for the homes of earlier arrivals, or if nothing else was available, rented space in a lodging house.

From Time

This proved to be an ancient red brick lodging house which would have made an excellent hideout for a criminal.

From Project Gutenberg

Those of the plates which have only a surname upon them, indicate that the place is a lodging house.

From Project Gutenberg

Every house is a shop, a warehouse, a magazine, or a lodging house.

From Project Gutenberg

I was sitting here alone with Buster, thinking of a poor girl in a hot, lonely New York lodging-house.

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This girl was a little servant girl who used to wait on us at the cheap lodging-house where I lived.

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Related Words

• B and B
• B&B