Tearoom

//ˈtiˌɹum// noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A café which serves tea, usually with light food.

    "At Rannoch, the platforms were rebuilt. Although the station tearoom couldn't be reached by rail during the closure, which started on October 5, it did help feed and sustain the workforce."

  2. 2
    a restaurant where tea and light meals are available wordnet
  3. 3
    A public lavatory, especially (US, gay slang, dated) as a meeting place for gay men. euphemistic, slang

    "I'm deathly afraid of the tearooms though, John. Some of my best friends have been entrapped and busted by the fuzz."

  4. 4
    A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room. Australia

Etymology

From tea + room. In reference to a lavatory, probably as a variant of t-room (“toilet room”).

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