doss-house (Meaning)

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doss-house ()

A cheap lodging house.

a cheap rooming house or hotel

The dilapidated doss-house offered a meager shelter for the homeless.
The street urchins huddled together in the warmth of the shadowy doss-house.
The pungent stench of stale alcohol and tobacco permeated the doss-house, a testament to its unsavory clientele.
The broken-down doss-house served as a breeding ground for crime and despair.
The doss-house's dilapidated interior reflected the broken lives that resided within its walls.
The old doss-house had once been a grand mansion, but time and neglect had reduced it to a mere shell of its former glory.
The doss-house was a haven for those who had been cast out by society, providing a temporary refuge from the cold and the judgmental gaze of the world.
The seedy doss-house was a place where dreams went to die and hope withered away.
The doss-house was a symbol of the social decay that had gripped the city, a reminder of the desperate plight of the marginalized and forgotten.
The authorities condemned the doss-house as unfit for human habitation, forcing its wretched inhabitants out into the unforgiving streets.

A cheap lodging house.a cheap rooming house or hotel

rooming house, lodging house, campground, youth hostel, flophouse, motor court, accommodations, motor lodge, fleabag,dormitory

No antonyms found.

The dilapidated doss-house offered a meager shelter for the homeless.

The street urchins huddled together in the warmth of the shadowy doss-house.

The pungent stench of stale alcohol and tobacco permeated the doss-house, a testament to its unsavory clientele.

The broken-down doss-house served as a breeding ground for crime and despair.