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One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
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Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
There aren’t any flophouses in her this-year’s-hometown of Arlington.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
The only thing the teachers are looking for in their new towns are… no flophouses.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
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Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
There aren’t any flophouses in her this-year’s-hometown of Arlington.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
The only thing the teachers are looking for in their new towns are… no flophouses.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flophouse. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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