kursaal
Britishnoun
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a public room at a health resort
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an amusement park at a seaside or other resort
Etymology
Origin of kursaal
from German, literally: cure room
Example Sentences
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Then finally we pledged the common good of the hotel and kursaal of the Promontonio.
From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
It possesses a large kursaal, several bathing establishments, a hospital for poor patients and several parks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
Could I not be happy dissevered eternally from billiard-room and kursaal, race-ground and dancing-rooms?
From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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