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cloakroom

[klohk-room, -room] / ˈkloʊkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /


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Entry is through a metal detector, and bags must be put in the cloakroom or in lockers, and there are more security guards.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The leader should function as a player-manager who can be trusted to deliver on the Senate floor and in the cloakroom.

From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2025

Also worth noting: Rose added a toilet and a small cloakroom basin by Thomas Crapper & Co. to add a bit of whimsy to the washroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

The urinals — see the particularly majestic Deco “Radio” Adamsez iteration in the gentleman’s cloakroom of the old Derry and Toms building, Kensington — elevate the form to art even before Duchamp.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2024

In the cloakroom Ishmael found himself beside Hisao Imada as they both struggled into their overcoats.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Tape it above the door in the House cloakrooms.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2024

The Hill also picked out a defined audience—political addicts who want to know what’s happening in the Senate cloakrooms at all times—and catered to its needs.

From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2024

Electronics are forbidden inside the chamber, but those digitally addicted senators can access their smartphones when they pop into the cloakrooms in the back corner of each side.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2020

Some senators left their seats and headed to cloakrooms, stood in the back or openly yawned as he spoke.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 22, 2020

He has direct charge of the cloakrooms, and must see that they are kept neat and clean, and that each individual has a certain space allotted.

From How Department Stores Are Carried On by W. B. Phillips




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