youth hostel
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of youth hostel
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Like moths, young people hang out in his barber shop like a youth hostel.
From BBC
Inside an old youth hostel in rural Saxony, more than 50 men are waiting for their future to begin.
From BBC
For 60 years from 1945 the castle was a youth hostel, but during World War Two it had served as a sanctuary for members of the Norwegian royal family after Nazi Germany's invasion of Norway.
From BBC
The island's youth hostel wrote: "We were fully booked before the ferries were cancelled and they keep just sending people without even calling us."
From BBC
The great social experiment of bunking in a youth hostel is forever worthwhile, even for families.
From New York Times
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