- a variation of boardinghouse.
boarding house
Americannoun
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boarding houses
plural
noun
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a private house in which accommodation and meals are provided for paying guests
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a house for boarders at a school See also house
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Peter was 14 at the time, old enough to be allowed to spend the day on his own in the seaside town of Barmouth, where his family were staying in a boarding house.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” arguably the finest work in August Wilson’s 10-play series chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century, is set in a boarding house in Pittsburgh in 1911.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
Jasmine stays at a Florida boarding house run by Lillian, who calls her new tenant Jazzy and helps her with bus fare to New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Mr Roffe-Silvester, who was asleep in his own quarters, was woken by noises coming from the boarding house and went to investigate.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
Then the problem was taken up of how I might establish a connection with the high-class boarding house run by Camille “Pop” Prior at 8 Scroope Terrace.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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