flophousenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflɒp.haʊs/us/ˈflɑːp.haʊs/US UK dosshousean extremely cheap hotel for poor people who have no home in a city
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Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flatlet
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- gatehouse
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- rest home
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
- yurt
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Examples from literature
- The air of the city's cheapest flophouse was thick with the smells of harsh antiseptic and unwashed bodies.