welfare hotel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of welfare hotel
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Those aspirations were crushed in 1987, when he fell down an elevator shaft in a Midtown welfare hotel.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2011
Marketing Manager Suzanne Feinberg, 33, encounters whole families of beggars at her Manhattan subway stop, which is on the same block as a welfare hotel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Day after Easter, they sent me to a welfare hotel.
From Time Magazine Archive
She took him to a welfare hotel near Times Square.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally, they turn to a city shelter, from which they are sent to a seedy welfare hotel.
From Time Magazine Archive
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