cloakroom

[ klohk-room, -room ]

/ ˈkloʊkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

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noun

a room in which outer garments, hats, umbrellas, etc., may be left temporarily, as in a club, restaurant, etc.; checkroom.

a room adjacent to a legislative chamber or legislative room, where legislators may leave their coats, relax, or engage in informal conversation.

British.

a bathroom; a public restroom.
a baggage room, as at a railway station, where packages and luggage may be left temporarily or checked through to one's destination.

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Origin of cloakroom

First recorded in 1850–55; cloak + room

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How to use cloakroom in a sentence

I did as soon as ever I saw him coming out of the cloak-room hanging on her arm.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914|Various
She re-encountered the lady to whom she had been entrusted, whose name it occurs to me was Winstick, in the cloak-room.
Hilda|Sarah Jeanette Duncan
This is not a cloak-room but the lounge of a fashionable London hotel.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914|Various
Everything was arranged in her experienced head, from the ladies' cloak-room to the supper for the musicians.
Garman and Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland

Miss Hopkins and I did not sleep in, but had our beds assigned us, and used our dormitory rights merely for a cloak room.
Making Both Ends Meet|Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt

British Dictionary definitions for cloakroom

cloakroom

/ (ˈkləʊkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

a room in which hats, coats, luggage, etc, may be temporarily deposited

British a euphemistic word for lavatory

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