lodging house

noun

Synonyms of lodging housenext
: rooming house

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The backyard of the lodging house on Hanbury Street, where Annie Chapman died, had three possible exits through neighboring yards; there were five at Mitre Square, where forty-six-year-old Catherine Eddowes bled out in a dark corner. — Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025 Research trips took them to local lodging houses, private family homes, and vintage Deco hotels including Bombay’s Bentley’s Hotel and Sea Green Hotel on Marine Drive. — Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 Reserve a simple lodging house or a two-bedroom apartment. — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024 While unwilling to engage with gangs of vacationing children, Anchorage police did arrest and jail one man for repeatedly leaving his lodging house. — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2020 See All Example Sentences for lodging house

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First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lodging house was in 1765

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