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Red Roof Inns

Red Roof Inns is the plural of Red Roof Inn.

Meaning of Red Roof Inn

Noun

Red Roof Inn (plural Red Roof Inns)

  1. (slang, scouting) One of the outhouses with a red metal roof that have been built across Philmont Scout Ranch.
    • Have you ever tried packing 13 people into a wooden outhouse? Not the most comfortable way to start things off. The wooden latrine had a red metal roof–the Philmont lingo for which is a “red roof inn”.2010, Joseph Torlucci, Out In God's Country, Tonight - An Adult's Re-Experience of Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 26

Questions about Red Roof Inns

What is Red Roof Inns the plural of?
Red Roof Inns is the plural of Red Roof Inn.

Words near Red Roof Inns in the dictionary

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  2. Red Rock Island
  3. red rocket
  4. red rockets
  5. Red Roof Inn
  6. Red Roof Inns
  7. red room
  8. red rooms
  9. Red Rose of Lancaster
  10. Red Roses
  11. red rosin paper

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