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• Drawing room — Reconstructed drawing room of Sir William Burrell; part of the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, Scotland A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the sixteenth century terms withdrawing room… …   Wikipedia

• Drawing 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 …   Wikipedia

• draw|ing-room — drawing room, 1. a room for receiving or entertaining guests; parlor. 2. the guests assembled in a drawing room. 3. U.S. a private compartment for two or more people in a railroad sleeping car. 4. a formal reception, such as one by a king or… …   Useful english dictionary

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