sitting room

plural sitting rooms · alternative sitting-room

1. UKespeciallyA room in a house where people (residents or guests) pass the time in leisure.

   Near-synonyms: living room, living-room, parlour, parlor, lounge (esp. UK), loungeroom, lounge room (esp. Australia), front room, drawing room

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   “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”

   1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020

   Synonyms: sitter, zitkamer, living room, living-room, parlour, parlor, lounge, loungeroom