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drawing room definition

drawing room

  1. a room where guests are received or entertained; living room or parlor
  2. a formal reception
  3. ☆ a private compartment on a railroad sleeping car, with accommodations for a few people

Etymology: < withdrawing room: orig. name for room to which guests withdrew after dinner

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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