smoking room

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noun

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

Words nearby smoking room

smokey, smoking car, smoking gun, smoking jacket, smoking lamp, smoking room, smoking stand, smoking-concert, smoko, smoky, smoky eye

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Example sentences from the Web for smoking room

I went into the smoking-room and sat down before the spinet.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fenton led the way into the smoking-room, selected a couple of chairs in the further corner, then held out his cigar case.
People of Position|Stanley Portal Hyatt
It was just after eleven o'clock when they went into the smoking-room of the house in Fifty-second Street.
The Sins of the Children|Cosmo Hamilton
We met the American gentleman in the smoking-room, and he gave us more opinions.
Cornish Saints and Sinners|J. Henry Harris

The commercial man went back to the smoking-room to mention casually that Mrs. March was a poetess.
John March, Southerner|George W. Cable
When I returned an hour later to the smoking-room he was deep in a game of poker.
The Red Cross Girl|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for smoking room

smoking room

esp Brit smoke room

noun

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

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smoking room

noun

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Origin of smoking room

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British Dictionary definitions for smoking room

esp Brit smoke room

noun