rooming house
noun
1.
a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
Origin
1890-95,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
rooming house
There are some scenes in a
rooming house
, with contrasting types of tenants.
The
rooming house
, which has two shared bathrooms, is still in business.
He has given up the two-bit office with the filing cabinet-no clients-and moved out of his apartment into a
rooming house
.
Anyone intending to provide lodging or lodging and meals for transient visitors or anyone operating a
rooming house
.
British Dictionary definitions for
rooming house
rooming house
noun
1.
(
US & Canadian
) a house having self-contained furnished rooms or flats for renting