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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Drawing-room

· Draw·ing-room · IPA
01 n. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
  1. 1.
    A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
  2. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Drawing-room car — See Palace car, under Car.