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rooming house

NOUN
house renting out rooms
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I visited Richey at the 30-unit rooming house where she pays $925 a month for a bed in a tiny shared unit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2024

Johnson said he helped Arias-Lopez move several times, most recently a few years ago into a rooming house off Georgia Avenue where another man who attended the church also lived.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2023

While living in a rooming house on Manhattan’s East 67th Street, he met a blond public school teacher named Marion Raymond who was finishing her master’s thesis.

From Slate Jul. 4, 2022

After moving out of the rooming house, he rented an apartment nearby, where he again had trouble with his neighbors.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2022

I was one of the very few males in this rooming house.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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