A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc.
A prison.
A hospital, especially a asylum.
(RQ:Bellow Humboldt's Gift)
A cheap and dirty cinema.
Crazy, insane.
(RQ:Henry Hygeia at the Solito)
(quote-book)
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