flophouse

noun

flop·​house ˈfläp-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce flophouse (audio)
: a cheap rooming house or hotel

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Voodoo is the least of what’s been going on in the flophouses. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025 The film follows 12-year-old Mikal, who shares a small room in a cheap hotel, commonly known as a flophouse, with his parents and their cat, Smokey. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025 When Abercrombie does offer up interiors, they’re sparsely furnished and dingy, like rooms in a flophouse. Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025 One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner. Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flophouse

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flophouse was in 1916

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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flophouse. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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