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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The coat check at the Salamander Hotel was still so backed up into the small hours of Monday that people took matters into their own hands and pushed past the claim table to fetch their own coats.
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Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The crowd sang along enthusiastically, but shortly afterward there was a massive pileup at the coat check.
—Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
An interior landmark will cover the famous lobby and its coat check, the gangway entrance, and the front of the former restaurant below.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Jan. 2025
There's a coat check available on the lower level for a fee, per the page.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Bags are not allowed on the ice and a coat check is $6 per item or $18 to fill a bag.
—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
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Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The crowd sang along enthusiastically, but shortly afterward there was a massive pileup at the coat check.
—Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
An interior landmark will cover the famous lobby and its coat check, the gangway entrance, and the front of the former restaurant below.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Jan. 2025
There's a coat check available on the lower level for a fee, per the page.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Bags are not allowed on the ice and a coat check is $6 per item or $18 to fill a bag.
—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
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“Coat check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coat%20check. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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