gentlemen's room
nounEtymology
Originally a clipped form of waiting room; in later use, a clipped form of lavatory room, toilet room, private room, etc.
Definitions
Any room intended for use by men, particularly
- From the indenture... we learn that the house [sc. the Fortune Theater] had three tiers, consisting of boxes, rooms, and galleries; that there were "two-penny rooms," and "gentlemen's"...
- By a sudden turn to the left, we attain ‘The Cottage’; at the far end of its porch is the gentlemen's room, denominated by a contemporary a Lavatory.
Any room intended for use by men
- ...Passenger House, containing ticket office, baggage room, ladies' room, gentlemen's room, water closet, say 50 feet by 20 feet...
- Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes...
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA