waiting room
- a room for the use of persons waiting, as in a railroad station or a physician's office.
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Origin of waiting room
First recorded in 1675–85
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Examples from the Web for waiting room
Contemporary Examples
In the background, I could hear endless news updates about the massacre on the waiting-room TV.
Historical Examples
Next winter the railway station is to have a new stove for the waiting-room.
The Gentleman From IndianaBooth Tarkington
Dica Petit now returned, and this caused a diversion in the waiting-room.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
He walked into a waiting-room, the half-glass doors of which opened out of the office.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
They carried it into the waiting-room, and laid it on a sofa.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
In the waiting-room there was a coke fire, very red and hollow, and a dim lamp.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
waiting room
- a room in which people may wait, as at a railway station, doctor's or dentist's office, etc
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