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What are boardinghouses?

What are boardinghouses? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of boardinghouse
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He and his wife lived precariously on the proceeds of two boardinghouses, until she inherited a house in the Bayswater section of London, where Hudson spent the rest of his life.
At Eton College, boardinghouses kept by persons other than members of the teaching staff were known as dames'ouses, though the head might not necessarily be a woman.
Sources of supply were waterfront boardinghouses, brothels, and taverns whose owners victimized their own clientele.
Banks and boardinghouses jostled for space with more than 500 saloons.
Leisure time spent in masculine environments such as black boardinghouses, city quays, grog shops, and city jails all facilitated friendships.
While in many cases the boardinghouses outlived the system, families of immigrant workers typically lived in tenement neighborhoods, and off company property.

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