Lodger
['lɒdʒə] or ['lɑdʒɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.
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For a woman to dream that she has lodgers, foretells she will be burdened with unpleasant secrets. If one goes away without paying his bills, she will have unexpected trouble with men. For one to pay his bill, omens favor and accumulation of money.
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n. A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity the Roomer the Bedder and the Mealer.
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Examples
- My wife and a lodger constitute my family. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You know what they say of my lodger? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When all is quiet again, the lodger says, It's the appointed time at last. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Master Bardell put his hands deeper down into his pockets, and nodded exactly thirty-five times, to imply that it was the lady-lodger, and no other. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I'll tell you what, though; my lodger is so black-humoured and gloomy that I believe he'd as soon make that bargain as any other. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- What, you're looking at my lodger's birds, Mr. Jarndyce? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In spite of his seemingly retiring manners a very intrusive person, this Secretary and lodger, in Miss Bella's opinion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A little too much, indeed, to have the opportunities opened to me by Mr and Mrs Boffin, appropriated by a mere Secretary and Pa's lodger! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The only other lodger, she now whispered in explanation, a law-writer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She appeared to mistrust that the lodger might hear her even there, and repeating Hush! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was too quick in this petulant sally against 'Pa's lodger'; and she felt that she had been so when she met his quiet look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Who ever heard me address her in any way but that in which a lodger would address his landlady? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He replied, certainly not, and that the lodger was Mr. Campbell. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And our lodger with you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Rather cool in a Secretary--and Pa's lodger--to make me the subject of his jealousy! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Queer Street is full of lodgers just at present! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And the farmers take in lodgers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He was in no uneasiness concerning his getting into the house again, for it was full of lodgers, and the door stood ajar all night. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Her relation with her aunt was as superficial as that of chance lodgers who pass on the stairs. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- At six o'clock every mornin' they let's go the ropes at one end, and down falls the lodgers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- BOOK THE THIRD -- A LONG LANE Chapter 1 LODGERS IN QUEER STREET It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It wasn't approved by the other lodgers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The only information to be obtained from the people of the house was derived from the servant who waited on the lodgers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They never would have such lodgers again, that was quite clear. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There were no other lodgers in the house, and we had the means of going in and out without passing through the shop. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There were so many lodgers in this house that the doorpost seemed to be as full of bell-handles as a cathedral organ is of stops. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He expects to maintain his family by his trade, and not by his lodgers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- On a dirty table stand scores of corresponding brass candlesticks with tallow candles for the lodgers, whose keys hang up in rows over the candles. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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