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Definition of Rooming house
1. Noun. A house where rooms are rented.
Generic synonyms: Accommodation, House
Specialized synonyms: Dosshouse, Flophouse
Definition of Rooming house
1. Noun. A house which lets out furnished apartments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rooming House
Literary usage of Rooming house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"The business of keeping a rooming house is one so far affecting the public health,
morals, or welfare that it is competent for municipal authorities to ..."
2. The Lodging House Problem in Boston by Albert Benedict Wolfe (1906)
"This investigation deals with the rooming-house only, and with the mercantile
employees and skilled mechanics whom it shelter^ The distinction between the ..."
3. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1915)
"On an exchange of real property for a rooming-house business, where plaintiff
was familiar with the rooming-house which she received in the exchange, ..."
4. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"rooming house, dags A, as used herein, shall mean any rooming house ... Each sleeping
room In any rooming house must have at least 400 cubic feet of air ..."
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