Drawing-room /(?)/

Draw·ing-room

Drawing-room

n.
  1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.
  2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.
    He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer.

Phrases & Compounds
Drawing-room car
See Palace car, under Car.