rooming house

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noun

a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.

Origin of rooming house

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Words nearby rooming house

roomer, roomette, room father, roomful, roomie, rooming house, rooming-in, roommate, room mother, room service, room temperature

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Example sentences from the Web for rooming house

He ran all the way back to Lucy's house, threw down the key he had got from her, and then went to his own rooming-house.
The Winning Clue|James Hay, Jr.
Later she was dressing to go out, when the back door of the rooming-house opened and the man from Kentucky bulged in the doorway.
News Writing|M. Lyle Spencer
A rooming-house, by the way, is a kind of boarding-house but with no accommodation for meals.
Across America by Motor-cycle|C. K. Shepherd
At Lulu's rooming-house they lingered again, talking in subdued tones on the brownstone stoop.
Just Around the Corner|Fannie Hurst

But Church Street and the rooming-house and the livery-stable—they had been her very self.
Clark's Field|Robert Herrick

British Dictionary definitions for rooming house

rooming house

noun

US and Canadian a house having self-contained furnished rooms or flats for renting

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单词	rooming house
释义	rooming house SEE SYNONYMS FOR rooming house ON THESAURUS.COM noun a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house. Origin of rooming house An Americanism dating back to 1890–95 Words nearby rooming house roomer, roomette, room father, roomful, roomie, rooming house, rooming-in, roommate, room mother, room service, room temperature Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rooming house He ran all the way back to Lucy's house, threw down the key he had got from her, and then went to his own rooming-house. The Winning Clue\|James Hay, Jr. Later she was dressing to go out, when the back door of the rooming-house opened and the man from Kentucky bulged in the doorway. News Writing\|M. Lyle Spencer A rooming-house, by the way, is a kind of boarding-house but with no accommodation for meals. Across America by Motor-cycle\|C. K. Shepherd At Lulu's rooming-house they lingered again, talking in subdued tones on the brownstone stoop. Just Around the Corner\|Fannie Hurst But Church Street and the rooming-house and the livery-stable—they had been her very self. Clark's Field\|Robert Herrick British Dictionary definitions for rooming house rooming house noun US and Canadian a house having self-contained furnished rooms or flats for renting Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rooming house boardinghouse, lodging house
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rooming house

noun

Origin of rooming house

Words nearby rooming house

Example sentences from the Web for rooming house

British Dictionary definitions for rooming house

noun

Words related to rooming house