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ˈlodging house noun [countableC]British EnglishBrE old-fashioned
a building where people can rent rooms to live or stay in 〔分房间出租的〕公寓,寄宿舍SYN boarding house
Examples from the Corpus
lodging house• Some will spend their giro cheque on a room in a lodging house.• There was a small hotel, or lodging house.• He sat down on a sofa which he realised was slightly longer than his cubicle in the lodging house.• A tall man waited at the stable entrance of the lodging house where Lucille Castineau had rented two attic rooms.• Sea Ixora remained silent as they drove back to the lodging house in Castries.