Jack and Jill bathroom
n.— «Bathrooms may also have a lot of doors, as they were often placed between two bedrooms (sometimes known as a Jack-and-Jill bathroom).» —by Jane Powell, Linda Svendsen Bungalow Details , 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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