little boys' room
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See also: little boy's room and little boys room
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Etymology[edit]
Originally from the need to find public lavatories for children, but subsequently used more broadly.
Noun[edit]
little boys' room (plural little boys' rooms)
- (euphemistic, informal) Synonym of men's room: a public lavatory intended for use by men.
- Excuse me, where is the little boys' room? My son is about to burst a bladder.
- 1934 August 18, Liberty, page 40:
- He accidentally locked himself in the ca—in the little boys' room.
- 1938 November 25, Princeton Alumni Weekly, page 209:
- The first [sc. cartoon], representing a very young chap seeking directions to the little boys' room in the Metropolitan Museum, prompted the management to frame it and hang it in the aforesaid room.
- A room belonging to or used by little boys, particularly their bedroom.
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References[edit]
- "little boy, n. and adj." in the Oxford English Dictionary (2014), Oxford: Oxford University Press.