Meanings
nounRed Roof Inn (plural Red Roof Inns)
plural Red Roof Inns
- slangscoutingOne of the outhouses with a red metal roof that have been built across Philmont Scout Ranch.
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”.
2010, Joseph Torlucci, Out In God's Country, Tonight - An Adult's Re-Experience of Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 26
Origin
From the United States economy hotel chain Red Roof Inn.
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