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flophouse

noun

Definition of flophouse

as in boardinghouse

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Recent Examples of flophouse In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2026 In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2025 Many of the locals worked in factories and slept in flophouses. — Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025 What was built was a 29-story baby-poop brown block of a building that looked like a cheap heating unit jutting out of a wall in a flophouse apartment. — Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2016 See All Example Sentences for flophouse

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Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026

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As part of the project, plans call for a for-profit college to provide media and arts education opportunities and a three-story, 300-bed dormitory for student housing on the site.

— Taylor O'Connor August 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
At the center Tuesday afternoon, about a dozen residents gathered with pets and assorted belongings as a team of volunteers worked to set up a dormitory in the center’s gymnasium.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

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From a new Sac State dorm opening to a $64 million park overhaul in West Sacramento, the past week brought major developments across the region.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Earlier, Khan had posted a public plea on Instagram about the dorm’s elusive toilet paper handles and Rae responded, later inviting her to join them to sing.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026

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For The Times) How the case unfolded Kupsh’s case grew out of the protests that followed UCLA’s spring 2024 encampment — which some pro-Israel Jewish students alleged blocked them from part of the campus.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
In mid-August, state troopers returned to sweep an encampment once again under Operation SAFE.

— Jake Ramsey, Oklahoma Watch, 30 Aug. 2026

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