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dosshouse
/ ˈɒˌʊ /
noun
- slang.a cheap lodging house, esp one used by tramps US and Canadian nameflophouse
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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.”
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Oh, when he came to see me at the dosshouse?
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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.
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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.
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"That, my soul, is a question that fate will settle for you, so do not worry," said the Captain, thoughtfully, entering the dosshouse.
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