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单词 Rowton
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Rowton

/ˈraʊtn/
Now historical
noun
Chiefly in Rowton house (also Rowton lodging-house): a type of cheap lodging house intended to provide accommodation of a decent standard for single workingmen.
  • The last of the Rowton houses to be built, Arlington House in Camden, London, was still operating as a hostel in the early 21st cent..

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Review of Reviews. From the name of Montague William Lowry Corry, Baron Rowton, English politician and philanthropist.

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