coat check
noun
: a room in a restaurant, theater, etc., where a person can leave something that he or she does not want to carry or wear while there
Leave your backpack at the coat check.
Examples of coat check in a Sentence
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Bags are not allowed on the ice and a coat check is $6 per item or $18 to fill a bag.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
In turn, the airport offers seasonal coat check from Nov. 1 to April 1.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Currently, one staff member to answer the door, run the coat check and serve drinks with the utmost discretion was all the Society could afford.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat were fixtures at the Mudd Club, and Madonna worked the coat check at Danceteria.
—Helen Mitsios, SPIN, 16 May 2024
In particular, Russian media have zeroed in on the actions of Islam Khalilov, 15, a high school student originally from Kyrgyzstan who worked as a coat check attendant during the concert.
—Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
Popular winter coat check returns The airport's popular coat check program has returned.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
Its other perks include a bottle of champagne, butler and coat check services, hors d'oeuvres and access to an open bar and dinner buffet.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
They aren't allowed inside and there's no on-site storage or coat check.
—Robin Soslow, Chron, 14 May 2023
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
In turn, the airport offers seasonal coat check from Nov. 1 to April 1.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2024
Currently, one staff member to answer the door, run the coat check and serve drinks with the utmost discretion was all the Society could afford.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat were fixtures at the Mudd Club, and Madonna worked the coat check at Danceteria.
—Helen Mitsios, SPIN, 16 May 2024
In particular, Russian media have zeroed in on the actions of Islam Khalilov, 15, a high school student originally from Kyrgyzstan who worked as a coat check attendant during the concert.
—Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
Popular winter coat check returns The airport's popular coat check program has returned.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
Its other perks include a bottle of champagne, butler and coat check services, hors d'oeuvres and access to an open bar and dinner buffet.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
They aren't allowed inside and there's no on-site storage or coat check.
—Robin Soslow, Chron, 14 May 2023
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“Coat check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coat%20check. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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