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   Flop·house

   /ˈfläpˌ(h)ous/

   

   noun

   • 1. a cheap hotel or rooming house: informal US "they are living in a flophouse and discovering that the streets are not paved with gold"

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   What was a flophouse?

   • It was essentially a flophouse in dilapidated condition, but they set to work repairing and upgrading it. The hotel was known as a flophouse which provided cheap accommodation to many impoverished and elderly people.

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   What is a flophouse hotel?

   • A flophouse is a kind of cheap hotel in a city for people who have no home and very little money. This former flophouse is one of the trendiest budget hotels. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What is a flophouse in Manhattan?

   • That area of Manhattan used to be full of flophouses. Quarters in flophouses are typically very small, and may resemble office cubicles more than a regular room in a hotel or apartment building. It was essentially a flophouse in dilapidated condition, but they set to work repairing and upgrading it.

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   Is Flophouse a good movie?

   • The air of the city's cheapest flophouse was thick with the smells of harsh antiseptic and unwashed bodies. That area of Manhattan used to be full of flophouses. Obviously, this trip takes you through all kinds of abandoned buildings and flophouses, so it's not exactly an uplifting film, but it's not without its hope-spots.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › flophouseFLOPHOUSE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   noun [ C ] us / ˈflɑpˌhɑʊs / plural flophouses us / ˈflɑpˌhɑʊ·zəz, -səz / Add to word list Add to word list. a cheap, usually dirty, hotel: That area of Manhattan used to be full of flophouses. (Definition of flophouse from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of flophouse.

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   flophouse. a cheap place to stay for people who have no home. Definition of flophouse noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   6 days ago · noun. US and Canadian slang. a cheap lodging house, esp one used by tramps. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): dosshouse. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. flophouse in American English. (ˈflɑpˌhaʊs ) US. noun. Informal. a very cheap hotel frequented chiefly by indigents.

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   2 days ago · Definitions of flophouse. noun. a cheap lodging house. synonyms: dosshouse. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Flophouse." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/flophouse. Accessed 18 May. 2024. Copy citation. VocabTrainer™. 2 million people have mastered 403,200,945 new words.

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   Definitions of 'flophouse' A flophouse is a kind of cheap hotel in a city for people who have no home and very little money. [US, informal] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'flophouse' British English: flɒphaʊs American English: flɒphaʊs. More. Examples of 'flophouse' in a sentence.

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   flophouse meaning, definition, what is flophouse: a very cheap hotel where people can stay...: Learn more.

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    Define flophouse. flophouse synonyms, flophouse pronunciation, flophouse translation, English dictionary definition of flophouse. n. A cheap rundown hotel or boarding house.