- 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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They play Bertha and Seth Holley, the married proprietors of the boarding house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Loomis has a turbulent presence that casts an anxious pall over the boarding house, re-created with a background view of Pittsburgh’s bridges by scenic designer Tesshi Nakagawa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025
It was a roustabout settlement with three stores, a blacksmithy, a boarding house, a half-dozen saloons, gambling hells and dance halls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 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
For on that Saturday a young French sailor rooming at Richard Denny’s boarding house, over on North Water Street, was desperately ill with a fever.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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