doss-house

Definition of doss-housenext
chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doss-house
Noun
  • Police said a woman was stabbed multiple times inside a rooming house on the 5500 block of West Girard Avenue in West Philly on Sunday.
    Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In 1950, a Joanne Smith, of the correct age of twenty, was working as a receptionist at a bank in Minneapolis, living in a rooming house.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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, 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
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“Doss-house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doss-house. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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