orderly room
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of orderly room
Probably earlier than 1975–80
Example Sentences
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I told him to wait in the orderly room and finished counseling the rest of the company.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2018
The other in a perfectly straight and orderly room.
From Forbes ● Aug. 13, 2014
She marched into the orderly room, signed up at the sergeant's desk, then let her gaze ramble coldly over a half-dozen deskbound male Marines, scribbling away at their paper work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Back in the office, she can overhear the complaints brought in to the outside orderly room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Major Major snapped to attention with all the rest in the orderly room, wondering what important personage had entered behind him.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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