men's room
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of men's room
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Example Sentences
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At one point during dinner Francis got up to go to the men’s room I presumed.
As we filed out and I expressed my dismay aloud, a man behind me replied: “Listen, kid, I paid $100 for a seat and went to the men’s room.”
With the plot such a snooze, we’re grateful that each fracas is creatively staged, even one we witness only in its aftermath, as Eve ditches two fresh corpses in a men’s room and retraces her steps to her car, following her trail of victims like breadcrumbs in a forest.
From Los Angeles Times
The men’s room line at the Kia Forum for the Charli XCX and Troye Sivan show Tuesday night was suspiciously long.
From Los Angeles Times
And when he bounded into the men’s room and bolted the door, they hollered questions from the hall.
From Seattle Times
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