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flophouse.

A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈflɒphaʊs/UK
  1. A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.

    US · slang
Where this word comes from

From flop + house, originally hobo slang, presumably from slang flop (“lie down to sleep”).

verb/ˈflɒphaʊs/UK
  1. To stay in a flophouse.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From flop + house, originally hobo slang, presumably from slang flop (“lie down to sleep”).

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