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View synonyms for withdrawing room

withdrawing room

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.


withdrawing room

noun

  1. an archaic term for drawing room
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of withdrawing room1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

He was closeted with her on the following day, in the tiny withdrawing-room which leads out of the hall at Acol Court.

Less than an hour later four people were assembled in the small withdrawing-room of Acol Court.

He saw the light in the withdrawing-room and knew that Editha was there, mutely watching his departure.

The finest apartment is the Withdrawing-room, a splendid example of the decorative style of the early part of Elizabeth's reign.

Nor was that lady best pleased to find in her withdrawing room a fine portrait in oils of her unlawful predecessor.

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