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

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

They don’t live in a motel or flophouse, like many intermittent laborers, but on the McGrath property itself, in a trailer home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2020

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

After a week, I have compiled the following survey: Gail is sharing a room in a well-known downtown flophouse for $250 a week.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich