flophouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
verb
  1. To stay in a flophouse.

Pronunciation

/ˈflɒphaʊs/ En-au-flophouse.ogg

Word forms

flophouse flophouses flop-house flophousing flophoused

Etymology

From flop + house, originally hobo slang, presumably from slang flop (“lie down to sleep”).

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