rooming-in

American  

[roo-ming-in, room-ing-] / ˈru mɪŋˈɪn, ˈrʊm ɪŋ- /

noun

1. an arrangement in some hospitals that enables postpartum mothers to keep their babies with them in their rooms rather than in a separate nursery.

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Etymology

Origin of rooming-in

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The star outfielder told the Orange County Register that he’s staying at an Airbnb to avoid rooming in the allegedly haunted Pfister Hotel during the team’s road series against the Milwaukee Brewers.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2023

She was a widow with three children when she met and married Paul Taylor Sr., who was rooming in her home.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018

The program requires that hospitals show that most of their newborns are rooming in 24 hours a day, among other steps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2016

I’m living my dream, rooming in an old farm house and working with a professional mime troupe in a small New England town.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2016

Fred said he reminded him of a Bloomsbury landlady whose lodgers had not paid their board and rooming in advance.

From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot