rooming house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rooming house
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
Example Sentences
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This explosive, eye-opening work came from Ivy League professor Desmond moving to a trailer park and rooming house in a poverty-stricken part of Milwaukee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
Georgia Kemp, a cook at the Elks Club, invited him to move into her rooming house at 20th Avenue and East Madison.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Johnson said he helped Arias-Lopez move several times, most recently a few years ago into a rooming house off Georgia Avenue where another man who attended the church also lived.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
In a seedy rooming house apartment, as one man rehearses his three-card monte spiel — “watch me close, watch me close now” — Abraham Lincoln arrives with Chinese takeout.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
The cop directed him to a rooming house, where he was given a cot in the hall.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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