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boardinghouse

[bawr-ding-haus, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dɪŋˌhaʊs, ˈboʊr- /


NOUN
rooming house
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At Mrs. Riley’s boardinghouse, Ryui is taken under the wing of Torajiro “Jack” Baba, a cynical photographer with an avant-garde aesthetic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Jones, who was so brilliant in Daniel’s production of “King Hedley II” at A Noise Within is just as luminous here as the calming force at the boardinghouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2025

Based on the 1979 novel of the same name by William Styron, this Academy Award-nominated film follows the increasingly intersected lives of three residents in a Brooklyn boardinghouse in 1947.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

All five of them shared a single room in a Ballard boardinghouse next to the restaurant where her father worked.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

And as I shimmied into my dress, she stuffed stockings and unmentionables into my carpetbag and explained what was happening at Mrs. Wigginbottom’s boardinghouse.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Bed-and-breakfast hotels turned into cheap boardinghouses, attracting Britain’s sickest and poorest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Activities at recreational camps and boardinghouses were limited by the presence of wildfires in parts of the country, and the industry still hasn’t fully recovered after the declines recorded in May and June.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

About 30 people were evacuated from houses in Novofedorivka, to nearby boardinghouses and hotels, RIA News reported.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022

Four other former boardinghouses still stand but are no longer occupied by Japanese immigrants, said Mulcahy, who is advocating on behalf of the tenants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2022

Dr. Taft sends a soldier to search nearby boardinghouses for an empty room.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly


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