flophouse

[ flop-hous ]
/ ˈflɒpˌhaʊs /

noun, plural flop·hous·es [flop-hou-ziz] /ˈflɒpˌhaʊ zɪz/.

a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.

Origin of flophouse

First recorded in 1890–95; flop + house

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British Dictionary definitions for flophouse

flophouse
/ (ˈflɒpˌhaʊs) /

noun

US and Canadian slang a cheap lodging house, esp one used by tramps Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): dosshouse