Usually means: Cheap lodging for the impoverished.
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  7. dosshouse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. dosshouse: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  Alternative form of doss-house [A place where homeless people can sleep for the night.]

Similar:
flophouse, flop-house, doss-house, doghouse, hashhouse, doss, poorhouse, good house, rooming house, pension house, more...

Types:
hostel, inn, lodging house, rooming house, bed and breakfast, more...

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Similar:
flophouse, flop-house, doss-house, doghouse, hashhouse, doss, poorhouse, good house, rooming house, pension house, more...

Types:
hostel, inn, lodging house, rooming house, bed and breakfast, more...



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