locker-room


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lock·er-room

(lŏk′ər-ro͞om′, -ro͝om′)
adj.
1. Relating to, found in, or appropriate for a locker room: locker-room interviews.
2. Bawdy or crude: objected to their locker-room language.

locker-room

adj
censorious (of behaviour, esp humour) typical of that found in a male changing room; crude

lock′er room`


n.
a room containing lockers, as in a gymnasium, factory, or school, for changing clothes and storing belongings.

lock′er-room`



adj.
of, characteristic of, or suitable to conversation in a locker room; earthy or bawdy: locker-room humor.
[1945–50]
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Adj.1.locker-room - relating to or appropriate for a locker room; "locker-room humor"
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