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Red Roof Inn
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English
Etymology
From the United States economy hotel chain Red Roof Inn.
Noun
Red Roof Inn
en scouting slang One of the outhouses with a red metal roof that have been built across Philmont Scout Ranch.
en 2010 Joseph Torlucci Out In God's Country, Tonight - An Adult's Re-Experience of Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico Lulu.com 9780557447800 26 Have you ever tried packing 13 people into a wooden outhouse? Not the most comfortable way to start things off. The wooden latrine had a red metal roof–the Philmont lingo for which is a “red roof inn”.
en Buildings Rooms Philmont Scout Ranch