hostel

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To feel more comfortable at a hostel, act like the hostel is your home (within reason, of course).

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  1. noun A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers.
  2. noun An inn; a hotel.
  3. intransitive verb To stay at hostels while traveling.

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  • We get to the hostel which is amazingly clean and comfy. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The crash scene is less than a mile from the hostel, which is on Route 2.
  • The outside of the hostel was adorable, the inside was not. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The morning has come and Carrie and I, after 13 hours sleep, are starting her london birthday adventure. probs the london eye and harrods etc. then a nice dinner and show that her parents shouted her (wicked!!!!!!) so stocked we got cheap tickets for 25pounds heres hoping they work. the hostel is actually very good and a great location. nice brekky but the showers arent the cleanest —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • About the hostel issue we had stayed at a different hostel so do not have much idea about this new one As soon as our exams end we'll update you with the Hostel.
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  1. Middle English, lodging, from Old French, from Medieval Latin hospitāle, hospice, inn; see hospital.

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  1. from Middle English hostel, ostel, hostell, from Old French hostel, ostel, houstel, hosteil, etc., French hôtel (later English hotel, q. v.) = Provencal hostal, ostal = Spanish hostal = Italian ostale, also ostello, from Middle Latin hospitale, a large house, a palace, an inn: see hospital, which is the fuller form of the same word, hotel and spittle being other forms.
  2. from Middle English hostelen, from Old French hosteler, osteler, from hostel, a hostel: see hostel, n.
 

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