Historical Housing Terminology

noun A house providing food and lodging for paying guests

• The boardinghouse provided accommodations for travelers passing through town.
• I heard the boardinghouse down the street has really good home-cooked meals.
• Let's crash at the boardinghouse for the weekend, it's cheap and convenient.
• His mind was like a crowded boardinghouse, with thoughts coming and going at all hours.

noun a small, crudely built dwelling or shelter, often used by sailors or workers

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• The sailors sang a traditional shanty as they worked on the deck.
• Let's gather around and sing a shanty together!
• I love listening to old sea shanties while I relax.
• The old shanty of a house stood abandoned at the end of the street.