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youth hostel

noun

  1. hostel.



youth hostel

noun

  1. Often shortened to: hostelone of a chain of inexpensive lodging places for young people travelling cheaply

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of youth hostel1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Like moths, young people hang out in his barber shop like a youth hostel.

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Inside an old youth hostel in rural Saxony, more than 50 men are waiting for their future to begin.

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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.

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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."

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The great social experiment of bunking in a youth hostel is forever worthwhile, even for families.

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