common room
a room or lounge for informal use by all.
Origin of common room
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How to use common room in a sentence
There is no menorah in the Gryffindor common room or any mention of Chanukah in any Harry Potter book.
Matisyahu’s 10 Things to Help a Jew Get Through Christmas Season | Matisyahu | December 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTGarnache gave orders for the horses to be cared for, and bade Rabecque get himself fed in the common room.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniA bright flame was burning in that of the common room, and within the very jambs of its monstrous jaws sat Cæsar and Katy.
The Spy | J. Fenimore CooperIn truth the room in which he found himself was worthy of inspection, for it was no common room, either in aspect or furnishing.
The Long Night | Stanley WeymanThanks to Hearne, it is easy to reproduce the common-room gossip, and the more treasonable talk of honest men at Antiquity Hall.
Oxford | Andrew Lang
Strawberries were fourpence a basket on the ninth of June; and on November 6, White lost one shilling ‘at cards, in common room.’
Oxford | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for common room
mainly British a sitting room in schools, colleges, etc, for the relaxation of students or staff
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