gents'

American

[jents] / dʒɛnts /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

Informal. the gents, a men's room.

gents British

/ dʒɛnts /

noun

informal (functioning as singular) a men's public lavatory

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Etymology

Origin of gents'

First recorded in 1920–25; see origin at gent ¹, -s ³

Example Sentences

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Bill Bryson wrote about it in his 1995 book Notes From A Small Island saying: "There is no place in the world finer for a pee than the ornate gents' room of the Philharmonic."

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2020

I first interviewed Andrew Bacevich, the soldier turned scholar, after he spoke at the Hope Club, an old-line gents’ establishment in Providence, Rhode Island.

From Salon • May 15, 2016

Further sources of polonium were found on and below the gents’ hand-dryer, at over 5,000 counts per second.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2016

He cut the number of patterns from several thousand to only four, intended solely for the gents' jacket market.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2013

"There's some paper back there in the gents' room. You ought to wipe out your ears."

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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