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lodging house

American  

noun

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


lodging house British  

noun

  1. a private home providing accommodation and meals for lodgers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

They’ve secured a permit from the county government and are working with area landowners and the town’s only public lodging house to find space for a potential deluge of EDM hobbyists in camper vans.

From The Guardian • Aug. 21, 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

While the terms of partnership were being drawn up, he stayed at a cheap lodging house on Fish Street.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes