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noun
An establishment that sells alcoholic drinks, such as a saloon or liquor store.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, informal
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noun
A cheap place for lodging, such as a hostel or a charitable mission house; flophouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, dated, informal
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History
From bum (“tramp, vagrant”) + factory, the idea being that the existence of such establishments supposedly encourages people to become vagrants.
