stillroom

[ stil-room, -roo m ]

/ ˈstɪlˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

(in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.

a room off a kitchen for making tea, coffee, etc., and for storing liquors, tea, preserves, jams, wine, etc.

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First recorded in 1700–10; still² + room

His wife and daughter were in tastes and acquirements below a housekeeper or a stillroom maid of the present day.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Tristram, she knew, loved her stillroom maid's brown bread and butter.
The Reason Why|Elinor Glyn