living-room

plural living-rooms

1. alternativeAlternative form of living room.

   Beyond the living-room is a glassery low-studded and heavily beamed.

   1922, The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, volume 46, page 377

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   He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head.

   1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXIII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section I, page 273

   Because they had named her Cecilia, her parents fancied that the matter of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room.

   1928, Lynn Montross, “Silent Minstrel”, in American Magazine, volume 106, page 14

   Light flooded the small living-room, with its rope flooring, utility chairs and tables, electric storage heater, and gaudy red bawneen curtains.

   1973, John Broderick, An Apology for Roses, Calder & Boyars, →ISBN, page 45

   Open layout includes kitchen, a formal dining-room, living-room, half bath and laundry.

   2022 May 13, Athol Daily News, volume LXXXVII, number 389, page B9

   Yet, that [Christmas] tree has seen a lot over the years; it represents so much of the distant and recent past that it deserves to have its place in the living-room. I see in its glow so many faces and events worth remembering and re-living that I am tempted to keep it in place permanently. But 40 days will do.

   2023 January 15, Don Wooten, “Reasons to keep tree up until Feb. 2”, in Quad-City Times, volume 167, number 94, page A13