withdrawing room
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of withdrawing room
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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The King received him in the Queen's withdrawing room, using him extraordinarily kindly.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
A large apartment at the east end of the warehouses will be reserved as a withdrawing room for the ladies, and is partitioned off for that purpose.
From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various
It is not exactly the apartment," she continued, "which I would design for a lady's withdrawing room.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
The apartment in which he stood was plainly but handsomely furnished as a small withdrawing room.
From The Cinema Murder by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
From this hall we passed through another splendid apartment, called "the withdrawing room," down "the queen's staircase," into a court, containing a pretty fountain, and from thence into the gardens.
From Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children by Greenwood, Grace
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