withdrawing room
Example Sentences
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The one apartment had been used as a sort of withdrawing room; in the other stood the long banquet-table, still covered with bright-colored flowers, and dishes of fruit, and decanters and glasses.
From Macleod of Dare by Black, William
We had to wait till the trunks were carried up, and Perkins had unpacked our tea-gowns; then we shifted ourselves, and had our hair dressed, and went back to the withdrawing room.
From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah
We of the peaceful professions—videlicet, my daughter Waller and I—did descend from the bartizan, and betook ourselves to the great withdrawing room, to wait for the result of the approach.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
The withdrawing room of old England was the quiet room to which the ladies retired, leaving their lords to the freer pleasures of the great hall.
From The House in Good Taste by Wolfe, Elsie de
Left by her father and mother to the further entertainment of Harbinger, Barbara had said: "Let's have coffee in here," and passed into the withdrawing room.
From The Patrician by Galsworthy, John
