lodgings

English

Noun

lodgings

plural of lodging

Noun

lodgings pl (plural only)

A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
  Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
An official residence.

Synonyms

digs (colloquial)

Translations

A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.

Finnish: luukku (fi), boksi (fi)
Hungarian: albérlet (hu)
Irish: lóistín m

Latin: hospitium n
Manx: aaght m
Russian: жильё (ru) n (žilʹjo), жили́ще (ru) n (žilíšče), берло́га (ru) f (berlóga)

Anagrams

doglings, godlings, goldings, sling dog

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