double room
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of double room
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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This small double room in east London, with its attached bathroom, has been the family’s home for seven months, and Habibah has had enough.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024
We were pleased to find that the double room we had booked came with a sitting room, and that the staff was some of the kindest that we encountered in all Ghana.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024
A double room at the more upscale Hotel Ducs de Bourgogne near the Pont Neuf is priced on Booking.com at 1,500 euros a night, compared with 300 euros normally in summer.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024
The birds, bred in North Carolina, stayed in a double room at the glitzy Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, complete with a bed of wood shavings all over the carpet.
From Slate • Nov. 25, 2021
‘Maybe in a day or two Baby can move into a double room with some other kid.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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