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crush room

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large room in a theater, opera house, or other public building, where the public may stand during the intermissions; a foyer or lobby.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, obsolete

Examples

  • August 2, 1833, Thomas Babington Macaulay, letter to Hannah M. Macaulay Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush-room of the opera at night.

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