checkroom

American  

[chek-room, -room] / ˈtʃɛkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a room where hats, coats, parcels, etc., may be checked.

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checkroom British  

/ ˈtʃɛkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): left-luggage office. a place at a railway station, airport, etc, where luggage may be left for a small charge with an attendant for safekeeping

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Etymology

Origin of checkroom

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; check ¹ + room

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Example Sentences

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checkroom

His wife is in charge of the checkroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the East Side zebra-striped El Morocco is open this summer for the first time in its ten-year history, and officers' caps are stacked six deep in the checkroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last month police turned up a suitcase containing a scrambled skein of recording tapes in the checkroom of a Manchester railway station, played the tapes at a BBC studio.

From Time Magazine Archive

The way is usually beset by obstacles and hazards: doormen dressed like admirals, headwaiters with manners like Gestapo agents, blonde Mata Haris of the checkroom, silk ropes, and other frustrated pilgrims awaiting admission.

From Time Magazine Archive

All of a sudden I looked at the clock in the checkroom and it was twenty-five of one.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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