flophouse

/ˈflɑpˌhaʊs/
noun
  1. A very cheap, run-down hotel or boarding house where poor or homeless people can sleep for a low price.
    • After losing his job, he could only afford a bed in a flophouse.
    • The old flophouse on Main Street was torn down to build new apartments.
    • The detective searched the flophouse for witnesses to the crime.
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