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单词 flophouse
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flophouse


flop·house

F0193400 (flŏp′hous′)n. A cheap rundown hotel or boarding house.

flophouse

(ˈflɒpˌhaʊs) n (Social Welfare) slang US and Canadian a cheap lodging house, esp one used by tramps. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): dosshouse

flop•house

(ˈflɒpˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz) a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house. [1890–95]
Thesaurus
Noun1.flophouse - a cheap lodging housedosshouselodging house, rooming house - a house where rooms are rented
Translations

flophouse


flophouse

slang An inexpensive, shabby place of lodging. Ew, we can't stay in a flophouse like that, no matter how cheap it is. It's probably infested with bedbugs!

flophouse

n. a very cheap hotel offering only rows of beds. This place is a flophouse! I won’t stay here for a moment.
EncyclopediaSeedosshouse

flophouse


  • noun

Synonyms for flophouse

noun a cheap lodging house

Synonyms

  • dosshouse

Related Words

  • lodging house
  • rooming house
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