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.

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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. 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

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“Coat check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coat%20check. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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