Rowton
/ˈraʊtn/Now historical
noun
Chiefly in Rowton house (also Rowton lodging-house): a type of cheap lodging house intended to provide accommodation of a decent standard for single workingmen.
- The last of the Rowton houses to be built, Arlington House in Camden, London, was still operating as a hostel in the early 21st cent..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Review of Reviews. From the name of Montague William Lowry Corry, Baron Rowton, English politician and philanthropist.
- throw oneself into
- throw oneself on (or upon)
- throw oneself on someone's mercy
- throw one's hand in
- throw one's hat in (or into) the ring
- throw one's hat in the ring
- throw one's money about/around
- throw one's toys out of the pram
- throw one's weight about (or around)
- throw one's weight behind
- throw (or cast or shed) light on
- throw (or catch) someone off balance
- throw (or chuck)a seven
- throw (or knock) someone for a loop
- throw (or pour) cold water on
- throw-over
- throw people together
- throw pillow
- throw rug
- throw shade
- throw shapes
- throw someone a bone
- throw someone a curve
- throw someone a curveball
- throw someone out