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combination room

British  

noun

  1. (at Cambridge University) a common room

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the combination room, afterward, I met most agreeably Mr. Trevelyan, M.P., a nephew of Macaulay, who has written an admirable biography of his uncle.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White

In this there is a beautiful Masters’ gallery, panelled, with a richly-moulded ceiling; it is now used as a combination room or fellows’ common-room.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various

Herkomer's portrait is in Pembroke College; and Mogford's, painted in 1851, is in the combination room of St John's.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Presently they would withdraw processionally to the combination room....

From The Research Magnificent by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

On the west side is the hall, dating from 1743, and the modern combination room, containing a curious old semi-circular table, with a counter-balance railway for passing the wine from one corner to the other.

From Beautiful Britain—Cambridge by Gordon Home

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