flophouse

noun

flop·house ˈfläp-ˌhau̇s

: a cheap rooming house or hotel

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The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor. —

Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024 When Elwood retrieves Jake from Joliet Prison at the start of the film, their eventual destination is a flophouse apartment in the Loop, a downtown space defined by L tracks. —

Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024 By acquiring the names of all the other lords in his weed-farm network through some poor aristo whose estate has been turned into a flophouse for low-level gangsters after a dispute with the Glasses, Eddie can take this vital intel to Johnston and take away the Glasses’ leverage of secrecy. —

Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer). —

Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for flophouse