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green⋅room

[green-room, -room]
–noun
a lounge in a theater, broadcasting studio, or the like, for use by performers when they are not onstage, on camera, etc.

Origin:
1695–1705; green + room, prob. so called because orig. painted green
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green·room   (grēn'rōōm', -rŏŏm')   
n.  A waiting room or lounge for the use of performers when they are offstage, as in a theater or concert hall.

[So called because such rooms were originally painted green.]
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