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Drawing room

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any room where visitors may be entertained; now, the living room. British

    "It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room."

  2. 2
    A room where engineers draw up plans and patterns.
  3. 3
    a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained wordnet
  4. 4
    A multifunctional room that can be used for any purpose in a palace or castle. British
  5. 5
    a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet wordnet
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  1. 6
    A levée where ladies are presented at court or to society. British

    "The concluding ceremony came off at twelve o’clock on the day of departure; when Miss Twinkleton, supported by Mrs. Tisher, held a drawing-room in her own apartment (the globes already covered with brown Holland), where glasses of white-wine and plates of cut pound-cake were discovered on the table."

  2. 7
    A private room on a railroad sleeping car. US

Etymology

Shortening of withdrawing room.

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