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What (who) is doss-house - definition

PLACE WITH CHEAP LODGING
Dosshouse; Doss-house; Transient hotel; Cage hotel; Flop house; Doss house; Kiphouse; Ewing Annex Hotel
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  • A flophouse-style room

doss-house         
also doss house; dosshouse (doss-houses)
A doss-house is a kind of cheap hotel in a city for people who have no home and very little money. (BRIT INFORMAL; in AM, use flophouse
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Doss house         
·add. ·- A cheap lodging house.
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Wikipedia

Flophouse

A flophouse (American English) or dosshouse (British English) is a place that offers very low-cost lodging, providing space to sleep and minimal amenities.