flophouse

Example Sentences

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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

“He was a young father, he had a flophouse, he had the secondary life where he kept other things away from people… Everything came together as a bit of a perfect storm for him.”

From Fox News • Jan. 25, 2020

Frank wanted to photograph them in a Main Street flophouse, the band storming downtown in a convoy of Cadillacs, but he didn’t have the $15 to pay the hotel clerk for a room.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2019

“Three months ago Wylan turned up at a flophouse near the Slat. He was using a different surname, but Kaz keeps tabs on everyone new to the Barrel, so he had me do some snooping.”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo