shed room

American  

noun

Chiefly Southern U.S.

1. a storage room.

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Etymology

Origin of shed room

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

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shed room

So not a soul except Mama saw me bring the zinc tubs out of the shed room.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Out there amidst all the growing things, it seemed like maybe she’d just gone to the shed room to get a hoe instead being off in Heaven.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

He made me drag the zinc tubs full of watered-down rose blankets into the shed room by the back porch.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Marse Elbert, he lived in jes a plain wood house made Califo'nia style, wid a front room an' a shed room where de boys slep'.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Mississippi Narratives by Work Projects Administration

We lived in a cabin in de back field 'hind de big house, one room and a shed room, where maw done all de cookin' for de whole family.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration