checkroom

[ chek-room, -room ]

noun
  1. a room where hats, coats, parcels, etc., may be checked.

Origin of checkroom

1
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; check1 + room

Words Nearby checkroom

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How to use checkroom in a sentence

  • Mr. and Mrs. Potts obtained their wraps at the checkroom and left the building.

    Whispering Walls | Mildred A. Wirt
  • When she came out, however, going to the checkroom, she heard the voice of Boerzell behind her.

    Two banks of the Seine | Fernand Vandrem
  • Jerry reluctantly allowed a checkroom girl to capture his hat.

    Saboteurs on the River | Mildred A. Wirt
  • It's this checkroom work of his, you know, at one of them swell Fifth-ave.

    Torchy | Sewell Ford

British Dictionary definitions for checkroom

checkroom

/ (ˈtʃɛkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian a place at a railway station, airport, etc, where luggage may be left for a small charge with an attendant for safekeeping: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): left-luggage office

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