gentlemen's room
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- ""Let me try," I said. Taking the rods from my wife, I held them out and asked, "Mr. Adams, are you here?" The rods quickly responded yes. "Will you talk with me?" Again they responded yes. "Why won't you talk with my wife? Is it because she is a woman?" Yes. "Do you want her to leave?" Yes. Laughing, I handed the rods back to my wife. "This is the gentlemen's room," I said, "and you're not supposed to be here." My wife looked back at me with an expression of bewilderment, but I was just as puzzled by her reaction. What's so hard to understand? I wondered quietly. It's the gentlemen's room; that means no women allowed!"
- "...Passenger House, containing ticket office, baggage room, ladies' room, gentlemen's room, water closet, say 50 feet by 20 feet..."
- "On the west side of the hall, on South Street, is a gentlemen's room twenty-seven by thirty-four feet, and a baggage-room thirty-four by forty-six feet, together with an apartment for gentlemen's water-closets, a hackmen's room, and a newspaper stand."
- "Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes..."
Etymology
Originally a clipped form of waiting room; in later use, a clipped form of lavatory room, toilet room, private room, etc.