"cheap hotel," hobo slang, 1904, probably related to slang flop (v.) "lie down for sleep" (1907); see flop (v.) + house (n.). The explanation below is not found in other early references.
In one of [Cincinnati's] slum districts stands the Silver Moon, a "flop house" (i.e., a house where the occupants are "flopped" out of their hanging bunks by letting down the ropes) .... ["McClure's" magazine, November 1904]
双语例句
1. I can only afford to live in a flophouse.
我只能住便宜的旅馆.
来自口语例句
2. By now, you're running from flophouse to alley foot jobs for enough cash to stay alive.
现在, 你已经在逃命了,从一家小旅馆换到另一家,偷偷做脚底按摩赚钱为生.
来自互联网
3. He found Jennison living in style as the proprietor of an old man's flophouse.
