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flophouse [ˈflɒpˌhaʊs] n
(Social Welfare) Slang the US and Canadian word for dosshouse ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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The glue factories Edith Wharton's family owned, the flophouses where sailors were regularly "shanghaied" by crimps hired by ship captains seeking indentured labor; the cobblestone streets where Herman Melville launched Ishamel in his classic novel Moby Dick, and fishmongers yielding hooks pedaled their stocks for over a century all left their marks on the modern day multi million dollar condo lofts and trendy shops and restaurants. I ALWAYS THOUGHT it was weird that they called those flophouses for young backpackers hostels. In addition, in Osaka, flophouses, which normally only allow you to pay daily, have begun to allow payment of one month's rent in advance so the "renter" can use the flophouse as an address. |
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