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noun
A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
To stay in a flophouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
a cheap lodging house
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dosshouse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lodging house, rooming house
History
From flop + house, originally hobo slang, presumably from slang flop (“lie down to sleep”).
