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flophousing

flophousing is the present participle and gerund of flophouse.

Meaning of flophouse

Verb

flophouse (third-person singular simple present flophouses, present participle flophousing, simple past and past participle flophoused)

  1. (intransitive) To stay in a flophouse.
    • August was aware of Robert's strange quirk of flophousing away from home and that he often spent weekends at the Diana.1941, James F. Waters, The Court of Missing Heirs, page 53

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Questions about flophousing

What is flophousing the present participle and gerund of?
Flophousing is the present participle and gerund of flophouse.

Words near flophousing in the dictionary

  1. floperoo
  2. floperoos
  3. flophouse
  4. flophoused
  5. flophouses
  6. flophousing
  7. flopless
  8. flopover
  9. flopovers
  10. floppa
  11. floppas

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