sample room
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sample room
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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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
So will 25 of the men and women from her sample room, clad in their white coats.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2018
For the past five years his headquarters has been Dallas, where he lives alone in a small, painting-filled house with a backyard garden that serves as his sample room.
From Time Magazine Archive
You know how it goes—when a merchant comes into your sample room for the first time he picks up the things he knows the price of.
From Tales of the Road by Crewdson, Charles N. (Charles Newman)
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