lodging house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lodging house
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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On good ones, they found a lodging house and raced upstairs, hoping to claim a catnap before that evening’s gig.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024
Later, he moved to another lodging house, on nearby Kennington Road.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2019
At issue appears to be the legal definition of short-term rentals versus a bed-and-breakfast or lodging house.
From Washington Times • Mar. 25, 2019
Everything else loomed large—the condition of the tenements, the perils of the ghetto, the moral dangers of the kitchenette, the risks presented by too many bodies forced into the cramped rooms of the lodging house.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 9, 2019
They reached the port at the river’s mouth to find every hotel, every lodging house, every private room commandeered by soldiers.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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