cafegymatorium

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cafegymatorium

  1. A school hall used at various times as a cafeteria, a gymnasium, and an auditorium.
    • 2012, Brea Brown, Quiet, Please!:
      By the time I get halfway to the cafegymatorium, I can hear the whirring of Freddie's floor buffer, so I know he hasn't abandoned me. But since I'm here, I might as well pop into the teachers' lounge and grab a Diet Coke.
    • 2013, Gil Francisco, Behind Success: A Principal’s Reminisce, page 51:
      The building was your typical “cafegymatorium,” that all-purpose building found in parishes throughout the northeast. The stage was a high, circular, mobile platform, atypical back in the sixties, but perfect for today's venue.