boardinghouse
Example Sentences
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“I will need your help getting back to the boardinghouse. And as for this Home for the Friendless, well, I believe we’ve had enough excitement for one day.”
From Literature
Eventually, Frieda leaves and moves into Gulls Nest, a seaside boardinghouse.
Young farm women lived in boardinghouses, working 12-14 hour days for cash wages.
Jones, who was so brilliant in Daniel’s production of “King Hedley II” at A Noise Within is just as luminous here as the calming force at the boardinghouse.
From Los Angeles Times
Tourists jammed hotels and boardinghouses, but they were not the only newcomers.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
