rumpus room
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rumpus room
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Goodell hosted the event from his Westchester home, in what looked to be a stately rumpus room.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2020
An entire generation mortgaged their homes and their futures to put their kids through college, only to have them now camping out semi-permanently in the rumpus room.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2016
The mix could also be enjoyed in the Club House, a dancing area with a faux fireplace, plaid wallpaper and kitschy décor of a midcentury rumpus room.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2012
They have transformed themselves from a "live" performing team to an experimental laboratory group, and they have staked out the recording studio as their own electronic rumpus room.
From Time Magazine Archive
And then she looked into the very last place there was to look— which was the rumpus room.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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