cloakroom

(noun)

A room, in a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily.

Related Terms

Examples of cloakroom in the following topics:

  • Service to Constituents

    • power in the chamber, lawmakers who spend serious time along the rail of the House floor or in the Senate cloakroom ministering to the needs of their colleagues – famous legislator Henry Clay in the mid-nineteenth century was described as an "issue entrepreneur" who looked for issues to serve his ambitions

  • The Representation Function

    • Third, is if they have power in the chamber: these are lawmakers who spend serious time along the rail of the House floor or in the Senate cloakroom ministering to the needs of their colleagues.