drawing-room
21Drawing room play — A drawing room play is a type of play, developed during the Victorian period, in which the actions take place in a drawing room or which is designed to be reenacted in the drawing room of a home. The common practice of entertaining a guest in the …
22drawing-room comedy — /draw ing roohm , room /, Theat. a light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society. [1880 85] * * * …
23drawing-room comedy — /draw ing roohm , room /, Theat. a light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society. [1880 85] …
24Drawing-room car — Car Car, n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. {Chariot}.] 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart. [1913… …
25drawing-room car — noun a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs • Syn: ↑parlor car, ↑parlour car, ↑palace car, ↑chair car • Hypernyms: ↑passenger car, ↑coach, ↑carriage * * * …
26drawing room — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reception room, living room, sitting room, stateroom, salon, parlor, front room; see also parlor , room 2 …
27drawing room — Synonyms and related words: Pullman, Pullman car, Vanity Fair, baggage car, beau monde, beautiful people, best people, best room, boxcar, caboose, cafe society, car, carriage, carriage trade, chair car, coach, coal car, covered waggon, cream of… …
28drawing room — The main sitting room of a house was originally called a withdrawing room. It was the room to which ladies withdrew after dining with the men in the adjacent dining room …
29drawing room — draw′ing room n. 1) a formal reception room, esp. in an apartment or private house 2) rai (in a railroad car) a private room for two or three passengers 3) brit. a formal reception, esp. at court • Etymology: 1635–45; shortening of now obs.… …
30drawing room — /ˈdrɔɪŋ rum / (say droyng roohm) noun 1. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors; a living room. 2. (formerly) a formal reception, especially one held by a monarch or member of the nobility. 3. US (formerly) a private compartment… …
