withdrawing room
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of withdrawing room
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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We had to wait till the trunks were carried up, and Perkins had unpacked our tea-gowns; then we shifted ourselves, and had our hair dressed, and went back to the withdrawing room.
From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah
The man retired, and Marlow entered what was then called the withdrawing room, walking up and down in thought.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
She groped her way to the door, unlocked it, and passed into the withdrawing room.
From Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Greenwood, Grace
We of the peaceful professions—videlicet, my daughter Waller and I—did descend from the bartizan, and betook ourselves to the great withdrawing room, to wait for the result of the approach.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
The withdrawing room of old England was the quiet room to which the ladies retired, leaving their lords to the freer pleasures of the great hall.
From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de
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