lodging house
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
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
"And when their money ran out, these women were thrown out of these lodging houses too. Many were even forced to beg for their journey back home to India."
From BBC
In 1887 a New York lodging house advertised “a bowl of coffee, hamburger steak and bread” for 10 cents.
From Washington Post
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
It included a liaison with another man, domestic service, “tramping” as an itinerant laborer, further residences in the workhouse and frequent stays in London’s lodging houses.
From Washington Post
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