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51Locker (cabinet) — A locker is a small, usually narrow storage compartment. They are commonly found in dedicated cabinets, very often in large numbers, in various public places such as locker rooms, work places, transport centres, and the like. They vary in size,… …
52locker-room — adjective relating to or appropriate for a locker room locker room humor • Pertains to noun: ↑locker room * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : of, relating to, or suitable for use in a locker room ; especially : of an earthy or sexual nature …
53locker room — 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 (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑room • Part Holonyms: ↑athletic facility,… …
54locker room — 1. adjective Characteristic of conversations held in locker rooms; that is, either very informal, boastful, juvenile, or explicitly sexual. The others tired of Franks habitual locker room boasting about various women he had scored with. 2. noun A …
55locker room — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms locker room : singular locker room plural locker rooms a room with lockers in a large building such as a factory or sports hall …
56locker-room — adjective Date: 1946 of, relating to, or suitable for use in a locker room; especially of a coarse or sexual nature < locker room talk > …
57locker-room — /lok euhr roohm , room /, adj. of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or sexually explicit: locker room humor. [1945 50] * * * …
58Locker, Berl — (1887–1971) Zionist labour leader. During his youth in Galicia, Locker worked as a Yiddish journalist and Zionist activist. A leader of the socialist Poalei Zion, he played an important part in Zionist politics and organization in many parts… …
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59locker room — noun chiefly N. Amer. a room containing lockers, especially a sports changing room. ↘[as modifier] characteristic of a men s locker room, especially in being coarse or ribald: locker room humour …
60locker-room — lock′er room adj. cvb of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or bawdy: locker room humor[/ex] • Etymology: 1945–50 …
