ladies' lounge
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lady, lounge.
Example Sentences
- "When she accepted his invitation, finally, and went to have a drink with him in the ladies′ lounge, her first experience of such a place, she alone seemed to notice how in the raucous group conversations he had a peculiar mannerism."
- "In 1961 Australia was a very uptight place. The Queen and Sir Robert Menzies loomed large in the national psyche; there was capital punishment, pubs closed at 6 pm and women stayed in the ladies′ lounge; White Australia, cricket and the sheep′s back were pillars of the community. Dissent or satire — especially where these matters were concerned — was unthinkable."
- "‘There′s definitely no ladies′ lounge?’ ‘Not for us.’ Ivy had taken Erica into ladies′ lounges when she was younger, after RSL Women′s Auxiliary meetings, and Erica remembered Ivy hissing at her to get back to the table if she ever ventured near the door that opened to the public bar."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
ladies' lounges (plural)
ladies lounge (alternative)