Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - drawing-room
Drawing-room
drawing-room
n. 1 a room for comfortable sitting or entertaining in a private house. 2 (attrib.) restrained; observing social proprieties (drawing-room conversation). 3 US a private compartment in a train. 4 hist. a levee, a formal reception esp. at court. Etymology: earlier withdrawing-room, because orig. used for women to withdraw to after dinner
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noun Etymology: short for with~ Date: 1642 1. a formal reception room, a private room on a railroad passenger car with three berths and an enclosed toilet, a formal reception ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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