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flophouse

noun flop·house \ˈfläp-ˌhas\

: a very inexpensive hotel for poor people who do not have anywhere else to live

Full Definition of FLOPHOUSE

:  a cheap rooming house or hotel
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First Known Use of FLOPHOUSE

1916

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