tenement
noun
a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
tenemental
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a word derived from
tenement.
Example Sentences
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Besides, these nocturnal irritations were a fruitful source of tenemental sin, from which iron bedsteads have saved residents and wayfarers.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
