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A locker (#1) in a Japanese railway station

Etymology

From lock (lock +‎ -er (patient suffix) or -er (agent noun suffix)) from Old English loc (“fastening, enclosure”), from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with German Loch, Dutch luik, and Dutch loket.

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locker (plural lockers)

  1. A type of storage compartment with a lock, usually used to store personal possessions for public use, such as in schools, railway stations, place of work, gyms, sports centers.
    The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
    • 2016 October 8, Donald J. Trump, “Donald J. Trump’s Apology for Vulgar Comments”, in The New York Times‎:
      This was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologize to my family. I apologize to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk.
    • 2024 February 1, Nell Lewis, “South African innovator’s medicine-dispensing lockers win prestigious prize”, in CNN‎:
      Neo Hutiri is the creator of Pelebox, a system of internet-enabled lockers that dispense medication for chronic conditions to patients, helping to cut down queues and ease pressure on hospital resources.
  2. A lockable cubicle.
    She was afraid to come out of the locker.
  3. A storage compartment on a ship, not necessarily one that can be locked.
  4. (rare) One who locks something.
    The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.
  5. (automotive) A locking differential.
  6. (historical) A customs officer who guards a warehouse.
    • 1845, Reports of cases argued and determined in the courts of Exchequer & Exchequer Chamber, volume 12:
      The actual delivery of the goods is then effected by any person bearing an order from the importer, called a merchant's order, and addressed to the warehouse-keeper, upon the presentment of which the warehouseman delivers the goods, having previously obtained the signature of the locker to it as a proof that the duties have been paid […]
  7. (Louisiana) A closet.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English locker.

Pronunciation

Noun

locker m (plural lockers, diminutive lockertje n)

  1. a locker (lockable storage compartment)
    Synonym: kluis

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