noun
flophouse
FLOP-hows
noun
1
A very cheap, run-down hotel or boarding house, usually with shared sleeping quarters.
"He spent the night in a flophouse downtown."
How to Use Flophouse
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA cheap, low-quality lodging house.
When to use it
Informal and somewhat dated.
Word Forms
flophoused past tense, flophouses plural, flophouses singular
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Etymology
From flop + house, originally hobo slang for a cheap place to sleep.