snuggery

• After dinner she took coffee and brandy in the dark little snuggery which was called the lounge, then went through the bar on to its narrow balcony for a last look at the sea before she retired to bed or, rather, to read in bed until she felt sleepy enough to put out the light. —  Mingled With Venom-Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 54
• ‘And how many of your ten objects do you anticipate that the successful competitor will identify?’ Mrs Bradley enquired, when she and her host had retired to the small snuggery which opened out of the library, and the secretary, Bell, the only other non-competitor, had taken himself off to enact as discreetly as possible for the rôle of umpire. —  Watson's Choice - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 28 - 1955
• The snuggery was very tastefully fitted up, the bunk itself being of polished mahogany, enclosed with handsome lace curtains, that I presumed were intended as a protection against the mosquitoes, the sharp, ringing buzz of multitudes of which pertinacious tormentors I heard distinctly as I lay, weak, sick, and with a most distracting headache, safe within the shelter of the curtains. —  The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast
• "It iss my opeenion that they wull pe all wantin' to co away sooth pefore long We refer to the above opinions because they were shared by the party assembled in Barret's room, which was still retained as a snuggery, although its occupant was fully restored to normal health and vigour You'll be sure to get `that salmon' next time you try, after all this rain, MacRummle," said Mabberly. —  The Eagle Cliff
• And as with the snuggery, so with the rest of the house, and as with the house, so with the other departments of Jocantha's life; she really had good reason for being one of the most contented women in Chelsea From being in a mood of simmering satisfaction with her lot she passed to the phase of being generously commiserating for those thousands around her whose lives and circumstances were dull, cheap, pleasureless, and empty. —  Beasts and Super-Beasts

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