sample room
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noun
a room, as in a hotel suite, in which merchandise is displayed for sale to the trade.
Origin of sample room
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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She was a dressy young person, whose father kept a "sample-room."
Peak and PrairieAnna Fuller
Hastily she adjusted her pompadour and tripped off to the sample-room.
The Competitive NephewMontague 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 NephewMontague Glass
At this juncture they heard the sample-room door open and a heavy footstep sound on its carpeted floor.
The Competitive NephewMontague Glass
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 SmithTalbot Baines Reed