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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lodging house
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A tall man waited at the stable entrance of the lodging house where Lucille Castineau had rented two attic rooms.
▪ He sat down on a sofa which he realised was slightly longer than his cubicle in the lodging house.
▪ Sea Ixora remained silent as they drove back to the lodging house in Castries.
▪ Some will spend their giro cheque on a room in a lodging house.
▪ There was a small hotel, or lodging house.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lodging house

Lodging \Lodg"ing\, n.

  1. The act of one who, or that which, lodges.

  2. A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning.
    --Gower.

    Wits take lodgings in the sound of Bow.
    --Pope.

  3. Abiding place; harbor; cover.

    Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight.
    --Spenser.

    Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let.

    Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.

WordNet
lodging house

n. a house where rooms are rented [syn: rooming house]

Usage examples of "lodging house".

Meanwhile, she'd do a bit of charring to earn her keep, maybe offer to clean some of the rooms in the lodging house for a few pence.