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lockers

[lok-er] Origin

lock·er

[lok-er]
noun
1.
a chest, drawer, compartment, closet, or the like, that may be locked, especially one at a gymnasium, school, etc. for storage and safekeeping of clothing and valuables.
2.
Nautical. a chest or compartment in which to stow things.
3.
a refrigerated compartment, as in a locker plant, that may be rented for storing frozen foods.
4.
a person or thing that locks.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English loker. See lock1, -er1
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Lockers is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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locker
mid-15c., from M.E. lokken (see lock (1)).
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