dining hall

a large room in which meals are served to members of a special group and their guests, as to the students and faculty of a college.

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Question 1 of 7

What does "scattergood" mean?

First recorded in 1660–70

In the dining-hall there was a big table, which could be opened out.
The Folk-Tales of the Magyars|Various
From time to time he heard loud laughter and snatches of song which rose above the jingle of the glasses in the dining-hall.
The Grey Cloak|Harold MacGrath
There was indeed very little time, and as the half-hour struck, he was carried down in the throng to the dining-hall.
The Loom of Youth|Alec Waugh
After his departure, Beauty went back and sat down in the dining-hall, and began weeping herself.
Tales of Passed Times|Charles Perrault

So we went downstairs together,--I wondering what now had happened,--and so into the dining-hall.
A Set of Rogues|Frank Barrett