rest room

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[rest room] {n.}

A room or series of rooms in a public building which has things for personal comfort and grooming, such as toilets, washbowls, mirrors, and often chairs or couches.

* /Sally went to the rest room to powder her nose./

Compare: POWDER ROOM.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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