doss house

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. flophouse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doss house¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Others were forced to stay at the doss house, where the accommodations include a coffin-shaped box for four pence a night, or for the truly desperate, a “two-penny hangover” — a bench strung with a rope to drape themselves over.

From Los Angeles Times

I have inadvertently left my card-case with my coiner's outfit," he said gravely, "but a wire addressed to the Doss House, Mine Street, Paddington, will find me—but I don't think I should try.

From Project Gutenberg

The place where we were quartered was a typical London doss house.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes his merry look changes to a half-pathetic look, and he goes away to his "doss house," realising that after all his "besting" he might have done better.

From Project Gutenberg