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lodging house

noun as in bed and breakfast

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noun as in rooming house

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On good ones, they found a lodging house and raced upstairs, hoping to claim a catnap before that evening’s gig.

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"And when their money ran out, these women were thrown out of these lodging houses too. Many were even forced to beg for their journey back home to India."

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In 1887 a New York lodging house advertised “a bowl of coffee, hamburger steak and bread” for 10 cents.

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They’ve secured a permit from the county government and are working with area landowners and the town’s only public lodging house to find space for a potential deluge of EDM hobbyists in camper vans.

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It included a liaison with another man, domestic service, “tramping” as an itinerant laborer, further residences in the workhouse and frequent stays in London’s lodging houses.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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