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A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
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- n. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
- n. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.
- 1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room. 2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room. He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay. Drawing-room car. See Palace car, under Car.
- n:100 n. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room. n. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.