sample room

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sample room

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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Example Sentences

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sample room

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

So I went right back up to the sample room and rolled my trunks out of his way so that my friend could have the whole thing to himself.

From Tales of the Road by Charles N. (Charles Newman) Crewdson

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