Sentence:  At his arrival in Rangoon, Braund is greeted by five chums from his London office days. ... His accommodations are in a sixth floor <WSD>chummery</WSD>, or company bachelor housing, which he shares with five other assistants. This is a dump, and junior assistants with more time in Rangoon board in a somewhat more regal <WSD>chummery</WSD> known as "The Gin Palace." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The shared home of a group of men who are unmarried or working at a distance from their families.