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DRAWING-ROOM

\dɹˈɔːɪŋɹˈuːm], \dɹˈɔːɪŋɹˈuːm], \d_ɹ_ˈɔː_ɪ_ŋ_ɹ_ˈuː_m]\

Definitions of DRAWING-ROOM

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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draw'ing-r[=oo]m, n. a room to which the company withdraws after dinner: a reception of company at court.--DRAWING-ROOM CAR, a railway-carriage fitted up as a drawing-room. [Orig. Withdrawing-room.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Room for reception of company, to which ladies retire after dinner; levee, formal reception esp. at court.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

See Levee.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

n. A room for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining-room; â€”the company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it;â€”a formal reception by the sovereign on stated occasions; levee.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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