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LOCKER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
Synonyms:
cabinet; locker; storage locker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("locker" is a kind of...):
compartment (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "locker"):
glory hole; lazaretto (a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship)
Holonyms ("locker" is a part of...):
locker room (a room (as at an athletic facility or workplace) where you can change clothes and which contains lockers for the temporary storage of your clothing and personal possessions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks)
Synonyms:
footlocker; locker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("locker" is a kind of...):
trunk (luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A fastener that locks or closes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("locker" is a kind of...):
fastener; fastening; fixing; holdfast (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)
Derivation:
lock (fasten with a lock)
Context examples:
We were the admiration of Mrs. Gummidge and Peggotty, who used to whisper of an evening when we sat, lovingly, on our little locker side by side, “Lor! wasn't it beautiful!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Little Em'ly came and sat beside me on the locker for the only time in all that visit; and it was altogether a wonderful close to a wonderful day.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
We brought the locker out, extinguished the candle, fastened the door on the outside, and left the old boat close shut up, a dark speck in the cloudy night.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The door of the boat-house stood open when I approached; and, on entering, I found it emptied of all its furniture, saving one of the old lockers, on which Mrs. Gummidge, with a basket on her knee, was seated, looking at Mr. Peggotty.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The tea table was ready, and our little locker was put out in its old place, but instead of coming to sit by me, she went and bestowed her company upon that grumbling Mrs. Gummidge: and on Mr. Peggotty's inquiring why, rumpled her hair all over her face to hide it, and could do nothing but laugh.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
We looked into the other little room, and came back to Mrs. Gummidge, sitting on the locker, whom Mr. Peggotty, putting the light on the chimney-piece, requested to rise, that he might carry it outside the door before extinguishing the candle.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Little Em'ly had overcome her shyness, and was sitting by my side upon the lowest and least of the lockers, which was just large enough for us two, and just fitted into the chimney corner.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
There were some hooks in the beams of the ceiling, the use of which I did not divine then; and some lockers and boxes and conveniences of that sort, which served for seats and eked out the chairs.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I am now in a condition to show, by—HEEP'S—false books, and—HEEP'S—real memoranda, beginning with the partially destroyed pocket-book (which I was unable to comprehend, at the time of its accidental discovery by Mrs. Micawber, on our taking possession of our present abode, in the locker or bin devoted to the reception of the ashes calcined on our domestic hearth), that the weaknesses, the faults, the very virtues, the parental affections, and the sense of honour, of the unhappy Mr. W. have been for years acted on by, and warped to the base purposes of—HEEP.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
