salle d'attente

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It was a large, barely furnished apartment, like the salle d'attente at the Northern Railway Station at Paris.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

"La salle d'attente is gloomy enough," said one of my companions, "and yet some of us may be very sorry to leave it."

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James

Let this small effusion of ill-nature be my first and last tribute to the whole despotic gare: the deadly salle d'attente, the insufferable delays over one's luggage, the porterless platform, the overcrowded and illiberal train.

From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph

He was coming out of the first class salle d'attente.

From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas

While in your dismal salle d'attente I wait And with forgotten Punches idly toy, How it will reconcile me to my fate To muse upon the mouth-wash you employ.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 26, 1920 by Various