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sporting door

sporting door noun: the outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution.

Noun

sporting door (plural sporting doors)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution.
    Synonyms:
    oak

Synonyms of sporting door

Forms of sporting door

pluralsporting doors

Origin of sporting door

See sport one's oak.

Questions about sporting door

What does sporting door mean?
Sporting door means the outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution.
What part of speech is sporting door?
Sporting door is a noun.
What is the plural of sporting door?
The plural of sporting door is sporting doors.

Words near sporting door in the dictionary

  1. sporting
  2. sporting away
  3. sporting chance
  4. sporting chances
  5. sporting clays
  6. sporting door
  7. sporting doors
  8. sporting girl
  9. sporting girls
  10. sporting house
  11. sporting houses

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