sample room
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sample room
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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“I slept in the sample room for a week.”
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2023
Around 2017, Wilkinson Schor started sneaking off during her lunch breaks and after work to visit a sample room in Manhattan’s garment district.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2021
My last stop in Agordo was Luxottica’s sample room, a broad, quiet, carpeted space looking out over the river.
From The Guardian • May 10, 2018
As they do, Claire McCardell pops in and out of the sample room, making changes as her coats and dresses take shape on the dress forms.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For ten minutes there was an awed silence in the sample room.
From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague
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