roomer
Example Sentences
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With so many people living in every rooming house, "Even if the law required it, how could landlords build enough shelters for every roomer?" he wonders.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2022
Simple, comfortable shelter for three adults, for my mother and me on the first floor, and for a roomer on the second floor, with a maximum of privacy for each.
From Slate • Oct. 19, 2021
He lives in my skin like a disreputable roomer in a cheap boarding house.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2013
In 1935 they met again in Washington, and Metz lived for a few months as a paid roomer in the Lorwins' apartment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps another roomer had moved, or lost his job.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
