Timeline for What does "a weighing room" mean in this sentence?
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| Dec 13, 2018 at 10:12 | vote | accept | user86301 | ||
| Dec 13, 2018 at 10:12 | comment | added | user86301 | "the weighing room as a racing term " seems to make more sense now. | |
| Dec 11, 2018 at 5:58 | comment | added | Sydney | Google found this one: theoldweighingroom.co.uk (Doncaster, England). OP's profile doesn't show where s/he lives. | |
| Dec 11, 2018 at 5:20 | history | edited | ralph.m | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 11, 2018 at 5:12 | comment | added | Ross Murray | I'm sure that 'weighing" is a racing term. It comes from the fact that every jockey is weighed before and after every race while carrying their saddle, etc. Every racecourse has a 'Weighing-in Room'. I suspect the restaurant was given its name simply because it is near that. | |
| Dec 11, 2018 at 4:38 | history | answered | ralph.m | CC BY-SA 4.0 |