cloakroom
noun
a room in which outer garments, hats, umbrellas, etc., may be left temporarily, as in a club, restaurant, etc.; checkroom.
cloakrooms
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pluralof cloakroom.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Tape it above the door in the House cloakrooms.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2024
The Hill also picked out a defined audience—political addicts who want to know what’s happening in the Senate cloakrooms at all times—and catered to its needs.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2024
“We now have individuals that have breached the Capitol building,” he said, warning them to be prepared to relocate to the cloakrooms.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
Electronics are forbidden inside the chamber, but those digitally addicted senators can access their smartphones when they pop into the cloakrooms in the back corner of each side.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020
It was a plea for liberty, and such was the vigor, power and vivid personality he threw into the address that he astonished the House and brought in the loungers from the cloakrooms.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Elbert Hubbard
