Lobby

lob′i, n. a small hall or waiting-room: a pa age serving as a common entrance to several apartments: the ante-chamber of a legislative hall, frequented by outsiders for the purpose of influencing votes.— ns. Lobb′ying , frequenting the lobby to collect political intelligence, .; Lobb′yist , Lobb′y-mem′ber , a journalist, ., who frequents a lobby in the interest of some cause or of a newspaper. [Low L. lobi a —Middle High Ger. lou be (Ger. laube ), a portico, arbour— laub , a leaf.]