Noun: flophouse 'flóp,haws
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: dosshouse)
Usage: N. Amer, informal (elsewhere: dosshouse)
- 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