frunchroom

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Noun

frunchroom (plural frunchrooms)

1. (slang, Chicago) Pronunciation spelling of front room.
   • 1997 January 30, Mike Royko, “Words Just Escape Ya When Dealing with Chicagonics”, in Chicago Tribune‎^[1]:

     Frunchroom (frunch’-room) as in, “Getottada frunchroom wit dose muddy shoes.”

   • 2005, Tristram Hoosier, “Deer Camp”, in I'm Not Touching You!‎^[2], →ISBN, page 74:

     It had bedrooms, a kitchen, a frunchroom and everything. The frunchroom even had a working fireplace in it.

   • 2020, Gerard Lafond, “Big Brother: One Last Try”, in Mom's Dead‎^[3], →ISBN:

     […] almost everybody had wandered out into what would be called the "frunchroom" in Chicagoese.