Meaning of gentlemen's | Babel Free

Definitions

1. possessive case of gentlemen: belonging to some or all gentlemen.
2. Alternative letter-case form of gentlemen's: a lavatory intended for use by men.
   alt-of
3. Synonym of men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men.
   euphemistic, informal

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Examples

“A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".”

“Over on that platform's the general waiting-room,... and over there's the Gentlemen's, and, any'ow, everythink's written up.”

“"I tell you what I must do, is to telephone. Where is it?" "D'you mean really the telephone or the gentlemen's?"”

“Over on that platform's the general waiting-room,... and over there's the Gentlemen's, and, any'ow, everythink's written up.”

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