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flophouse

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flop⋅house

  [flop-hous]
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–noun, plural -hous⋅es  [-hou-ziz] .
a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
Origin:
1890–95; flop + house
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flop·house   (flŏp'hous')   
n.  A cheap rundown hotel or boarding house.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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flophouse

  1. n.
    a very cheap hotel offering only rows of beds. : This place is a flophouse! I won't stay here for a moment.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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