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Noun: flophouse  'flóp,haws
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: dosshouse)
  1. A cheap lodging house
    "The down-and-out drifters found shelter in the city's flophouses";
    - dosshouse [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: flophouses

Type of: lodging house [Brit], rooming house [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Flophouse