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dressing room
noun
: a room used chiefly for dressing
especially
: a room in a theater for changing costumes and makeup
Examples of dressing room in a Sentence
He waited in his dressing room until it was time for him to appear on stage.
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How the headline went down in his dressing room is anybody’s guess.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
He was accused of assaulting her in a department store dressing room in 1996 and later defaming her.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
He’s got a lot of energy, seems happy, and loves to be at the rink, in the dressing room, or on the ice.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, wrote Norman Mailer, in Foreman’s dressing room, one of his cornermen, former light heavyweight Archie Moore, also felt dread.
—Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1662, in the meaning defined above
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“Dressing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dressing%20room. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
dressing room
noun
: a room (as in a theater) used for dressing
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