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flophouse
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flop·house  (flphous)
n.
A cheap rundown hotel or boarding house.
flophouse [ˈflɒpˌhaʊs]
n
(Social Welfare) Slang the US and Canadian word for dosshouse
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Noun1.flophouse - a cheap lodging house
dosshouse
lodging house, rooming house - a house where rooms are rented
Translations
flophouse [ˈflɒphaʊs] N (flophouses (pl)) [ˈflɒphaʊzɪz] (US) → pensión f de mala muerte, fonducha f
flophouse
n (dated US inf) → billige Absteige, Penne f
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