dosshouse

/ ˈdɒsˌhaʊs /

noun

1. slang.
   a cheap lodging house, esp one used by tramps US and Canadian nameflophouse

Example Sentences

He stays in dosshouses where he sleeps in a narrow room with one lightbulb and no water, and later in a hotel “whose outdoor lavatory stands in a thicket of snarling dogs.”

From Washington Post

Oh, when he came to see me at the dosshouse?

From Project Gutenberg

Guarantee to every citizen, whether he works or whether he loafs, a bare minimum of existence—say sixpence a day and a bed in the common dosshouse.

From Project Gutenberg

The labouring man gets pity and cents galore—we get nothing!—nothing but rotten pay whilst we work, and when we're out of work, dosshouses or kerbstones.

From Project Gutenberg

"That, my soul, is a question that fate will settle for you, so do not worry," said the Captain, thoughtfully, entering the dosshouse.

From Project Gutenberg