little girls' room
little girls' room noun: synonym of ladies' room: a public lavatory intended for use by women.
Noun
little girls' room (plural little girls' rooms)
- Synonym of ladies' room: a public lavatory intended for use by women.
- The women's toilet (as distinguished from the ladies' room in a speakeasy, the johnny at school, the little girls' room at a party in an apartment, and the wash-my-hands on a train) was clean enough.1935, John O'Hara, BUtterfield 8, Ch. ix, page 279
- Synonyms:
- ladies' room, bathroom
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A room belonging to or used by little girls, particularly their bedroom.
Synonyms of little girls' room
Forms of little girls' room
| plural | little girls' rooms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | little girl's room |
| alternative form | little girls room |
Origin of little girls' room
Originally from the need to find public lavatories for children, possibly by analogy with the somewhat earlier-attested little boys' room, but already in broader euphemistic use by its first known appearance in John O'Hara's BUtterfield 8.
Questions about little girls' room
- What does little girls' room mean?
- Little girls' room means synonym of ladies' room: a public lavatory intended for use by women.
- What part of speech is little girls' room?
- Little girls' room is a noun.
- What is the plural of little girls' room?
- The plural of little girls' room is little girls' rooms.
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