combination room
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
A little group of chatty dons came towards him from the combination room, across the sacred grass, one of them in all the bravery of a scarlet gown, and passed out through the gate.
From Peter Binney A Novel by Archibald Marshall
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
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
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