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drawing room Definition

drawing room

noun

  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

drawing room Synonyms

drawing room

n.

drawing-room Quotes

It takes that je ne sais quoi which we call sophistication for a woman to be magnificent in a drawing-room when her faculties have departed but she herself has not yet gone home.

—Thurber,James Grover

During the past few weeks, I felt sometimes that the Suez canal was flowing through my drawing room.

—Eden, Lady Clarissa

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