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boardinghouse

[bawr-ding-hous, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dɪŋˌhaʊs, ˈboʊr- /


NOUN
rooming house
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Eventually, Frieda leaves and moves into Gulls Nest, a seaside boardinghouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

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 • Nov. 1, 2025

Years later, she expressed regret about the way she had depicted a Black character who lives at the boardinghouse with the protagonist.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

She also ran a boardinghouse near Harvard from 1869 to 1873.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

And as I shimmied into my dress, she stuffed stockings and unmentionables into my carpetbag and explained what was happening at Mrs. Wigginbottom’s boardinghouse.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan