flophouse

A run-down boarding house for bums, hobos, and other transients. Not used anymore.

"Get those street-Arabs out of my shop and into the flop-house where they belong!"

Angry shopkeep, c. 1890

by JakeStar August 9, 2005

flophousin

Fucking something up extremely

Shultz flophoused the shit out of Bradons car

by King Cow December 10, 2003

flophouse

Another word for "whorehouse."

Sally works at the flophouse to make ends meet financially.

by Knarf August 30, 2005

flophouse

A house in which one might flop.

Man 1:What the hell are you doing in my office!

Man 2:Uhhh, we rented this place out.

Man 1;I dont now about that, this aint no fucking flophouse you can just sleep in!

by brodiac January 19, 2006

Filipino Flophouse

A Filipino Flophouse is essentially a "Dry-docked upper-decker". The act involves turning off the water source of a toilet, flushing the toilet to render it dry in the tank and bowl and then depositing ones excrement in the tank portion of the toilet.

"I was at some assholes house party, he was being a total prick , so I left him the the ole' Filipino Flophouse!"

by ACEE October 20, 2012

Flophouse

Victorian rooming house by night or week. Hostel.

Modern-day

Private for Profit and completely illegal shelter. Usually a converted private home where tennants share a room with several other tennants on individual shared room accommodations.

Check out kijiji.ca GTA or Oshawa for rooms to rent 400-600$ per month.

You will find bait and switch where list price not available other room too expensive, however, last 3 share a room and your rent is...

Flophouse is a for profit illegal shelter with shared shelters accommodations in private homes, usually to pay off high mortgages.

by Modern Women December 20, 2025