flophouse

Example Sentences

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For almost every character, the film is one hardship after another: late buses, empty wallets, a basement flophouse, capricious bullies.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

He hopped from one flophouse to the next, sending what little money he could earn from construction jobs back to his wife and children.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Part of the scheme involved an alleged plan to remove permit violations in the flophouse owned by Mr. Pelosi.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2022

Sure, your mom might think your bedroom looks like a flophouse, but how many people are in your bedroom regularly?

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2020

Perhaps because he was nervous, or perhaps because he kept moving from one flophouse to another, he couldn’t remember his address.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady