flophouse

• Substantiv, das ein billiges, oft heruntergekommenes Nachtquartier oder Hotel bezeichnet, das in der Regel einfache Unterkünfte zu niedrigem Preis anbietet.

A noun referring to a cheap, often run-down lodging house or hotel, typically offering basic accommodation for a low price.

1. Cheap lodging houseC1informalamerican

   A very inexpensive, often run-down hotel or boarding house offering basic accommodation

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   • After losing his job, he spent a few weeks in a flophouse downtown.
   • The old flophouse had shared bathrooms and thin walls.
   • He could barely afford the nightly rate at the local flophouse.

   Synonymedosshousefloplodging house