smoking room

noun

1. a room set apart for smoking, as in a hotel or clubhouse.

smoking room

noun

1. a room, esp in a hotel or club, for those who wish to smoke

Word History and Origins

Origin of smoking room¹

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

Back in the smoking room, deputies discussed what to name their new legislation, Klodchenko told me on the phone.

From The Daily Beast

I went into the smoking-room and sat down before the spinet.

From The Daily Beast

When every eye was fixed upon the balls, he and Lebas met, as they had ultimately agreed, in the smoking-room.

From Project Gutenberg

Late to-night Captain Lancing shot himself in the smoking-room of his club.

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All four men passed through the café, up some stair's, and into the small smoking-room.

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As he passed the little ray of light thrown out from the smoking-room, the man's features were clearly visible.

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Thus the conversation that is conceded in a club smoking-room would be intolerable in the boudoir.

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