noun. A room where coats and other articles may be left temporarily, as in a theater or school.

noun. A private lounge adjacent to a legislative chamber.

noun. A room connected with a place of general resort, as an assembly-room or an opera-house, where cloaks, etc., are deposited.

noun. A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

noun. A room, in a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily.

noun. A room where luggage may be left, for example in an airport.

noun. A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.

noun. lavatory, toilet

noun. a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily

noun. a private lounge off of a legislative chamber

"But she felt connected to the crone in the shawl, the pimply elevator operator, the boy who thought the cloakroom was a safe haven."

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