coat check
noun
: a room in a restaurant, theater, etc., where a person can leave something that he or she does not want to carry or wear while there
Leave your backpack at the coat check.
Examples of coat check in a Sentence
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On Thursday night, the coat check inside Lower East Side restaurant Casino was unusually quiet for wintertime.
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Kristen Tauer, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
Image Image Image Image Image Judith Thurman, who started writing for the magazine in 1987, made her way to the coat check.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The coat check at the Salamander Hotel was still so backed up into the small hours of Monday that people took matters into their own hands and pushed past the claim table to fetch their own coats.
—Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The crowd sang along enthusiastically, but shortly afterward there was a massive pileup at the coat check.
—Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
An interior landmark will cover the famous lobby and its coat check, the gangway entrance, and the front of the former restaurant below.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Jan. 2025
There's a coat check available on the lower level for a fee, per the page.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Bags are not allowed on the ice and a coat check is $6 per item or $18 to fill a bag.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
In turn, the airport offers seasonal coat check from Nov. 1 to April 1.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2024
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Kristen Tauer, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
Image Image Image Image Image Judith Thurman, who started writing for the magazine in 1987, made her way to the coat check.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The coat check at the Salamander Hotel was still so backed up into the small hours of Monday that people took matters into their own hands and pushed past the claim table to fetch their own coats.
—Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The crowd sang along enthusiastically, but shortly afterward there was a massive pileup at the coat check.
—Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
An interior landmark will cover the famous lobby and its coat check, the gangway entrance, and the front of the former restaurant below.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Jan. 2025
There's a coat check available on the lower level for a fee, per the page.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Bags are not allowed on the ice and a coat check is $6 per item or $18 to fill a bag.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
In turn, the airport offers seasonal coat check from Nov. 1 to April 1.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2024
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“Coat check.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coat%20check. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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