| 单词 | cloaks lobby |
| 释义 | > as lemmascloaks lobby A cloakroom in a public or private building; frequently in recent use, one containing a toilet or toilets; also (euphemistic) a toilet or toilets. Also attributive (appositive) as cloaks cupboard, cloaks lobby. Cf. cloakroom n. 1, cloakroom n. 2.Originally and still frequently in commercial contexts. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > cloakroom cloakroom1823 shawl-room1838 locker room1870 check-room1900 cloaks1902 checking-room1910 1881 Artist 1 May 144 (plan of house) N. Front Entrance. O. Vestibule. P. Recess for cloaks, etc. R. Hall.] 1902 Building News 5 Sept. 327/2 On the first floor are four classrooms, intended gymnasium, dressing-room, cloaks, &c. 1908 M. E. Macartney Recent Eng. Domest. Archit. 102 (plan of house) 1. Drawing-room. 2. Lavatory... 8. Morning-room. 9. Cloaks. 10. Hall. 1913 Construction Oct. 395/2 The arrangement of the lavatory and cloaks lobby, which block what would otherwise be a through corridor from the main hall. 1957 M. Sharp Eye of Love ii. 19 I got held up in the Cloaks. a1967 J. Orton Between us Girls (1998) 42 We were shown into a cloaks cupboard a little bigger than the Albert Hall. 1968 ‘P. Hobson’ Titty's Dead v. 63 Daphne's always first out of breakfast and straight into the girls' downstairs cloaks. No one would have noticed only she took a book and read in there. 2015 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 16 Apr. 17 (advt.) Porch, hall, lounge, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, downstairs cloaks. < as lemmas |
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