Pressroom

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The room in a public building where press conferences are given US

    "When Robert Shaw--alderman of the Ninth Ward--rises to speak, most of the wise guys in the City Hall pressroom put aside their pencils and just listen."

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pressprinter

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"When Robert Shaw--alderman of the Ninth Ward--rises to speak, most of the wise guys in the City Hall pressroom put aside their pencils and just listen."

Etymology

From press + room.

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press conference

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