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Examples
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They used to try to make fun of me, but I would console myself by drinking champagne and then lolling in a retiring-room.
The Gambler 2003
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The ladies went to their retiring-room, whilst the gentlemen drank more champagne, and arranged various Parisian amusements.
Gladys, the Reaper Anne Beale
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The first thing I did, on reaching the retiring-room, was to give way to a fearful fascination and take another peep at the audience from behind a curtain at the side-entrance.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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Having reached the upper entry, I paused, and glanced at the audience through the windows, before entering the little retiring-room behind the stage.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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Two or three good photographs -- one of the Roman forum -- were in frames on the walls; a large mirror and a set of lock-boxes gave the teachers toilet accommodations; while baskets of knitting and other belongings bespoke this as the retiring-room of the lady teachers.
In and Around Berlin Minerva Brace Norton
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Behind the scenes were the postscenium, or retiring-room, and porticoes, to which, in case of sudden showers, the people retreated from the theatre.
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The inn was of two rooms: one a bedroom and retiring-room without a door.
A Tramp's Sketches Stephen Graham 1929
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We yet use toilet, retiring-room and public comfort station in place of better terms, 53 and such idiotic forms as red-light district, disorderly-house, social disease and white slave ostensibly conceal what every flapper is talking about.
Chapter 4. American and English Today. 5. Expletives and Forbidden Words Henry Louis 1921
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You will take your place with the gentlemen of my suite in the retiring-room.
The Great Impersonation Oppenheim, E. Phillips 1920
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Their guide paused and pointed to a small retiring-room, where several men were seated.
The Great Impersonation Oppenheim, E. Phillips 1920
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