smoking room

American  

noun

1. a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.

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smoking room British  

noun

1. a room, esp in a hotel or club, for those who wish to smoke

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Etymology

Origin of smoking room

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

Those Dutch costumes have, alas, disappeared into history’s mist, as has the smoking room and, for the most part, the movies.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 11, 2021

It has been said that if a member came into the smoking room and announced that he had just shot the course in under par, some other member would ask him, “Why?”

From Golf Digest • May 5, 2020

Also, in a sign of those times, there was a men’s smoking room.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2018

First they took away the smoking room, and I said nothing, because I was not a smoker.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2016

All around the smoking room, gentlemen seemed to be standing in clusters laughing and clapping each other on the shoulder.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro