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Definition of Flophouse
1. Noun. A cheap lodging house.
Definition of Flophouse
1. Noun. A cheap hotel or boarding house where many people sleep in large rooms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flophouse
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flophouse
Literary usage of Flophouse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"From the flophouse obscurity of Vienna he dragged forth one Adolf Schickelgruber-Hit-
ler, whom he was perceptive enough to realize had something more than ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"HOBO world and flophouse news. 2 Kingsland Ave., Harrison, NJ Irregular. No.
73 (nd). HYDRO research news. Toronto, Canada. Quarterly. Published by Ontario. ..."
3. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"Once the city's most opulent hotel, it had deteriorated into a flophouse.
It's since been resurrected, along with the surrounding neighborhood. ..."
4. The Socius of Architecture: Amsterdam, Tokyo, New York by Ad Graafland (2000)
"Doya is also used, a word that closest approaches a 'flophouse', a phenomenon I
shall discuss in detail in the next chapter in connection with New York's ..."
5. New Zealand Adventure Guide by Bette Flagler (2005)
"Kohukohu is a small town, with a few artists' studios and a couple of places to
eat. The Palace flophouse and Grill has the best hamburgers around. ..."
6. Ibiza, Formentera by Roland Mischke, Berthold Schwarz (2001)
"The legend that those entering their own beautifully-secluded flophouse will be
met with the ultimate service, at a price of course, is well and truly alive ..."
7. Ibiza Formentera Explore the World by GeoCenter International Limited, Roland Mischke, Berthold Schwarz (2001)
"The legend that those entering their own beautifully-secluded flophouse will be
met with the ultimate service, at a price of course, is well and truly alive ..."
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