cook-room Esp. Nfld, Hist.
n. See 1898 quote.
- 1633  Thirdly, That no person whatsoeuer, either Fishermen or Inhabitants doe destroy, deface, or any way worke any spoyle or detriment to any Stage, Cookeroome, Flakes, Spikes, Nayles, or any thing else, that belongeth to the Stages whatsoeuer, either at the end of the voyage when hee hath done, and is to depart the Countrey, or to any such Stages as hee shall fall withall at his comming into the Countrey.
- 1793  No person was to deface or spoil any stage, cook-room, or other building.
- 1898  When one of the companies controls a fishing-station it brings fishermen for the summer season from the GaspĂ© coast . . . and lodges the men in large buildings called "cook-rooms," of which the upper story is a huge dormitory.
- 1964  Also with a large enough lot of non-resident hands, there would be a "cook room". . . .