1851, w:Henry Mayhew, w:London Labour and the London Poor, After some altercation with the "mot" of the "ken" (mistress of the lodging-house) about the cleanliness of a knife or fork, my new acquaintance began to arrange "ground," &c., for the night's work.
Riis Other Half|page=82|passage=WHEN it comes to the question of numbers with this tramps’ army, another factor of serious portent has to be taken into account: the cheap lodging-houses.
Hardy Tess|chapter=LV|volume=III|page=234|passage=“That’s it!†cried Clare, pleased to think that she had reverted to the real pronunciation. “What place is The Herons?†“A stylish lodging-house. ’Tis all lodging-houses here, bless ’ee.â€
1908, O. Henry, “The Shocks of Doom†in The Voice of The City: Further Stories of the Four Million, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914, pp. 96-7,https://archive.org/details/voiceofthecity00henrrichHe was either young or old; cheap lodging-houses had flavored him mustily; razors and combs had passed him by; in him drink had been bottled and sealed in the devil’s bond.
Orczy Eldorado|chapter=Of That There Could Be No Question|page=210|passage=The porte-cochère of his former lodging-house was not yet open; he took up his stand close beside it.
Orwell Down and Out|chapter=25|passage=... I went for a night to a lodging-house in Bow, where the charge was only eightpence.
