noun
a lodging house providing rooms for rent, especially to people on a temporary basis
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The city council passed a new ordinance regulating the operation of rooming houses in residential neighborhoods.
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I heard that the old Victorian house on Maple Street is being turned into a rooming house for college students.
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I can't believe how cheap the rent is at that rooming house down the street.
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His mind was like a crowded rooming house, filled with conflicting thoughts and emotions.