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Informal
.
dormitory.
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Origin:
1895–1900;
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World English Dictionary
dorm
(dɔːm)
—
n
informal
short for
dormitory
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
dorm
1900, colloquial shortening of
dormitory
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
dorm definition
n.
a dormitory. :
Fred lives in a co-ed dorm.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
dorm
dormitory
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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