sample room

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noun

a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.

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Nearby words

sampaio, sampan, samphire, sample, sample point, sample room, sample space, sampler, sampling, sampling distribution, sampling frame

Origin of sample room

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sample room

She was a dressy young person, whose father kept a "sample-room."
Peak and Prairie|Anna Fuller
Between them I was dragged up stairs to the sample-room, into which I were ignominiously thrust, and the door locked behind me.
My Friend Smith|Talbot Baines Reed
Hence it is not surprising to find the stock-room not only a museum, but a sample-room of nature, as well as a supply department.
Edison, His Life and Inventions|Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Hastily she adjusted her pompadour and tripped off to the sample-room.
The Competitive Nephew|Montague Glass

Rothman and Zwiebel asked with one voice; but before Milton could answer the sample-room door opened and a young woman entered.
The Competitive Nephew|Montague Glass