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Definition of Locker room

1. Noun. A room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions.

Definition of Locker room

1. Adjective. Characteristic of conversations held in locker rooms; that is, either very informal, boastful, juvenile, or explicitly sexual. ¹

2. Noun. A room attached to an athletic, recreational, or workplace facility, filled with lockers for storage of clothing and equipment; clothes are generally changed there. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Locker Room

Literary usage of Locker room

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"All about the locker-room were the lockers, with a pair of winter golf-shoes. A couple of extra clubs stood in one corner. A two high, and on each was the ..."

2. Applied Methods of Scientific Management by Frederic Augustus Parkhurst (1912)
"At seven o'clock leave the locker room, go to the office and collect five cuspidors, return to the locker room, clean cuspidors thoroughly, get water pail, ..."

3. Applied Methods of Scientific Management by Frederic Augustus Parkhurst (1912)
"At seven o'clock leave the locker room, go to the office and collect five cuspidors, return to the locker room, clean cuspidors thoroughly, get water pail, ..."

4. The Organization and Administration of Physical Education by Jesse Feiring Williams (1922)
"The visitors' gallery should have a separate entrance, not connected either with the gymnasium floor or locker room. Entrance to the running track should be ..."

5. Public School Administration: A Statement of the Fundamental Principles by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1916)
"... fS units Training 1 domestic-science room 1 wardrobe and locker-room I ,1 . ... model dining-room J 1 bench-room 1 1 wardrobe and locker-room r 11 units ..."

6. Public School Administration: A Statement of the Fundamental Principles by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (1916)
"... 1 sewing-room 1 1 wardrobe and locker-room I 1 fitting-room 1 model bedroom J 1 Demonstration room 1 domestic-science room 1 1 wardrobe and locker-room ..."

7. American Architect and Building News (1908)
"locker room in which the pupils' exercise clothing Is kept when not In use, under the supervision of a matron. This room is provided with separate small ..."

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