combination room

British  

noun

1. (at Cambridge University) a common room

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Example Sentences

The bedrooms were also studies; at Oxford there was no general sitting-room, except in monastic colleges, though Cambridge College statutes speak of a "parlura," corresponding to the modern parlour or combination room.

From Life in the Medieval University by Rait, Robert S.

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

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 White, Andrew Dickson

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

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 Marshall, Archibald