changing room

noun

British.

1. a locker room, usually with showers, for athletes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of changing room¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Bellamy kept his cool on the surface but did he manage such calm in the changing room too?

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"It's something people are aware of. There's chatter in the changing room here and there about it because it's something that's been talked about so much in the media," the 23-year-old told BBC Sport.

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“Why does it smell like pancakes in here?” a shopper blurted out from an adjoining changing room at Zara.

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Their spinners were superb again - claiming 9-116 in 37.4 overs - but familiar frailties emerged with the bat and the sight of coach Charlotte Edwards laughing and celebrating Knight's third reprieve with a double fist pump in the changing room was a curious one.

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Potter, a meticulous coach who thrived at Brighton on time and structure, was left with a squad so big the changing room was too small to fit them all in.

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