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. |
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. |
The various colleges of Oxford were originally merely endowed boardinghouses for impoverished scholars. |
Sources of supply were waterfront boardinghouses, brothels, and taverns whose owners victimized their own clientele. |