salle a manger
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Scene: The salle a manger of the Bank of France in the Hotel de Toulouse, an historic palace built by the great architect Francois Mansart, for a natural son of Louis XIV.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dinner was announced, interrupting Philippe, and they made their way to the salle a manger.
From Molly Brown's Orchard Home by Nell Speed
At eight o'clock I went down to the salle a manger.
From Frivolous Cupid by Anthony Hope
With one vigorous jerk, I dashed open the door, upsetting, at the same time, the poor postillion, who had recommenced his operations on the lock, and, foaming with passion, strode into the "salle a manger."
From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 6 by Charles James Lever
He pictured himself, side by side with his goodwife, in the salle a manger of the Hotel Richelieu, ordering their dinner from a printed bill of fare.
From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Henry Van Dyke
