keeping room

noun

, Older Use.

1. hall ( def 11 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of keeping room¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

Sally was in the keeping-room mending, but she called Mistress Brace down from her room.

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Johnny rises like an agitated blond robin who has just spied the very two worms he was keeping room for to top off breakfast.

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"There ought to be room enough in the dining-room and keeping-room for two extra people," she said decidedly.

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At this moment the other entered the keeping room, and the squatter heard the sound of the footsteps behind him.

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They were sitting in the little, low keeping-room of Whitwell's house, and her father had his hat on provisionally.

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