boarding house

Noun

Meaning

a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests

Source: WordNet

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According to them, they were fed up with the maltreatment of male students in the boarding house by the teacher. Source: Internet

A boarding house for single men, the Ménage, was started in 1865 with 200 boarders and by 1905 accommodated 1000. Source: Internet

Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 1980s Tokyo. Source: Internet

Griffin burned down the boarding house he was staying in, along with all the equipment he used to turn invisible, to cover his tracks; but he soon realised that he was ill-equipped to survive in the open. Source: Internet

Eventually, owing to Eva's older brother's financial help, the family moved into a bigger house, which they later transformed into a boarding house. Source: Internet

Here his parents continued running their boarding house for male students; the Chopin Family Parlour (Salonik Chopinów) became a museum in the 20th century. Source: Internet

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