单词 | pool room |
释义 | pool roomn.1 1. A room containing one or more pool tables, esp. one in which a charge is made for playing. Cf. pool hall n. at pool n.3 Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > betting place wager-hall1691 wagering-post1696 wager-office1723 betting-post1771 ring1775 betting room1793 betting ring1822 Tattersall1836 betting office1852 betting shop1852 betting-house1853 pool room1861 list shop1875 list house1902 tote-shop1906 silver ring1921 bookmaker1923 bookie1936 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > place for play billiard-roomc1702 pool room1861 billiard-hall1873 pool parlour1876 pool hall1878 pool joint1914 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. iii. 51 He could go and smoke a cigar in the pool room. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 74 The poolroom itself was down in the cellar. 1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. b1/1 My best friend Antoine..and I were hanging around O'Quinn's poolroom. 2001 R. Nicoll White Male Heart (2002) 240 They swallowed the pepper vodka in one gulp and then, picking up their drinks, went through to the pool room. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. A betting shop. Now rare. ΚΠ 1887 Chicago Advance 13 Oct. 6/1 The betting..is now mostly done in pool-rooms. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 May 5/1 Only one or two of the women came out of the pool-room with more money than when they entered it. 1931 D. Runyon in Collier's 26 Sept. 57/2 We get the race results by phone off a pool room downtown as fast as they come off. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pool roomn.2 A room containing a swimming pool. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > swimming > [noun] > swimming pool > building containing pool house1884 pool room1889 1889 Weekly Gaz. (Colorado Springs) 3 Aug. 7/3 The natatorium... Against the exterior wall of the pool room are the dressing rooms. 1906 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Rev. 14 Oct. 21/2 A sign was posted on the door of the pool room stating, ‘400 boys in this pool today. You can go in if you want to.’ 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby v. 110 Through dressing-rooms and poolrooms, and bathrooms with sunken baths. 1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather xiv. 151 Where's the pool room? 1995 Nursing Times 22 Mar. 135 (advt.) We have 56 beds with 14 special care cots..and our delivery suite has pool room facilities for waterbirths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11861n.21889 |
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