Noun: dosshouse 'dós,haws
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: flophouse)
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: flophouse)
- A cheap lodging house
"The down-and-out drifters found shelter in the city's dosshouses";
- flophouse [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: dosshouses
Type of: lodging house [Brit], rooming house [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Dosshouse