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cloakroom

[ klohk-room, -room ]

noun

  1. a room in which outer garments, hats, umbrellas, etc., may be left temporarily, as in a club, restaurant, etc.; checkroom.
  2. a room adjacent to a legislative chamber or legislative room, where legislators may leave their coats, relax, or engage in informal conversation.
  3. British.
    1. a bathroom; a public restroom.
    2. a baggage room, as at a railway station, where packages and luggage may be left temporarily or checked through to one's destination.


cloakroom

/ -ˌrʊm; ˈkləʊkˌruːm /

noun

  1. a room in which hats, coats, luggage, etc, may be temporarily deposited
  2. a euphemistic word for lavatory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cloakroom1

First recorded in 1850–55; cloak + room
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Example Sentences

And, if history is any guide, there’s always one peacock in the cloakroom ready to take center stage during such a make-or-break moment.

From Time

Sacco removed the cloakroom nearby, making way for a bar that now extends to the front windows.

Its enemies are many of the men and women he shares a cloakroom with—any Republican senator who did not join in.

It was a young man with a check for the things; he was waiting for them now in the cloakroom and he seemed nervous.

He wrested a chattering Winona from Mrs. Henrietta Plunkett at the door of the ladies' cloakroom.

Stoneman pushed his way among the mob which surrounded the badgered Puritan as he attempted to retreat into the cloakroom.

Miss Henderson took her hand, and entered a room 346 adjoining the cloakroom.

Then one day in the cloakroom he said, "Your great-grandmother—"

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