Meaning of DRAWING ROOM
| Pronunciation: | | 'droing room
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- [n] a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained
- [n] a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet
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| | Synonyms: | | withdrawing room |
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| | See Also: | | compartment, reception room, sleeper, sleeping car, wagon-lit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Draw"ing-room`\, n. [Abbrev. fr.
withdraw-ing-room.]
1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room
to which company withdraws from the dining room.
2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of
company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.
He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly
ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer.
--Macaulay.
{Drawing-room car}. See {Palace car}, under {Car}.
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