Definition of "boardinghouse" [boardinghouse]

• Alternative spelling of boarding house. (noun)

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• "He tries to phone Suryeon, but the nearest phone to the boardinghouse is at the Wu house and Jongsuk is intercepting the calls."
• "Sometimes he called the boardinghouse and asked Mrs. O’Toole if he could speak with Theodora."
• "Impossible, also, to imagine him calling the boardinghouse again and again until finally Mrs. O’Toole said, “Listen, sugar."