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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

At a rooming house, for example, tenants didn’t need to buy sheets and towels, dishes, or furniture.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2022

His mother, Sally, was a telephone operator who later had a jewelry store and ran a rooming house.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2022

He was fairly well recovered from his heart attack, but the walk from his rooming house had probably tired him.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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