cloakroom ticket
- noun
- /ˈkloʊkˌrum ˈtɪkɪt/
- UK
:
ticket de guardarropa
- Please hold on to your cloakroom ticket to collect your coat after the show.
Examples
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She misplaced her cloakroom ticket and had to wait while staff searched for her bag.
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You need your cloakroom ticket if you want to get your umbrella back.
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Please take your cloakroom ticket with you.
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I lost my cloakroom ticket at the concert.
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Please hold on to your cloakroom ticket to collect your coat after the show.
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You need your cloakroom ticket if you want to get your umbrella back.
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She misplaced her cloakroom ticket and had to wait while staff searched for her bag.
Synonyms
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5.6
A paper receipt showing you left an item at a pawn shop for a loan
A small ticket given when you leave a hat or coat to claim it later
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'cloakroom' (a place to leave coats/bags) and 'ticket' (a claim/receipt), so the meaning 'a slip given when you deposit an item to reclaim it later' is directly derivable from the parts. This is a common service+tickets pattern found in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun cloakroom ticket comes from the simple way people left coats in a special room called the cloakroom. You hand over your coat and get a small ticket with a number to show later 'to get your coat back', so it means the slip you need to get a stored item back.