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dosshouse [ˈdɒsˌhaʊs]
n
(Social Welfare) Brit slang a cheap lodging house, esp one used by tramps US name flophouse
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Noun1.dosshouse - a cheap lodging house
flophouse
lodging house, rooming house - a house where rooms are rented
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dosshouse [ˈdɒshaʊs] N (dosshouses (pl)) [ˈdɒshaʊzɪz] (Brit) → pensión f de mala muerte
dosshouse
n (Brit inf) → Penne f (inf), → Obdachlosenheim nt
dosshouse [ˈdɒsˌhaʊs] n (Brit) (fam) → dormitorio pubblico
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Osaka's bureaucrats would rather the world knew as little as possible about the maze of dingy streets, tarpaulin-covered parks and high-rise dosshouses that symbolise growing social inequality in the world's second-biggest economy.
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