boarding house
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Boarding-house keepers, dressmakers, bootmakers, and the like must take the risk along with the players themselves in the matter of getting paid for their services.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Sawyer, Ruth
Dr. Diehl's residence is at present at Mr. Hayes' Boarding-house.
From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry
At last I became a Boarding-house servant, lighted fires, shovelled coals, etc., in exchange for food and privilege of sleeping on the floor of the smoking-room.
From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.
While at New York, I staid at the "Pearl-street Boarding-house," and experienced from Messrs. Haskell and Perry, the proprietors, the most polite attention.
From A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by Ferrall, S. A. (Simon Ansley)
In March, 1866, Sir James Kay Shuttleworth, Mr. Carr and Mr. Morrison were appointed as a Committee to obtain plans for the erection of a Boarding-house and to prepare a scheme of management for it.
From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Bell, Edward Allen
