smoking room
- a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.
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Origin of smoking room
First recorded in 1680–90
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smokerExamples from the Web for smoking room
Contemporary Examples
I went into the smoking-room and sat down before the spinet.
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Historical Examples
The staff went hopelessly down the stairs to the smoking-room, and smoked.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
When he missed him,—in the smoking-room, that was,—he asked for him.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
"But I do not expert to be a habitué of the smoking-room," said Miss Earle.
In a Steamer Chair and Other StoriesRobert Barr
But this grotesque sentiment did not pass current even in the smoking-room.
In a Steamer Chair and Other StoriesRobert Barr
And so the young man betook himself once more to the smoking-room.
A Woman IntervenesRobert Barr
smoking room
esp Brit smoke room
- a room, esp in a hotel or club, for those who wish to smoke
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