What does billiard-room mean?
Billiard-room means Dated form of billiard room..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Dated form of billiard room..
The drawing-room had been modernized, and contrasted ill with an ancient paneled billiard-room, through which one had to pass ere it was entered.
[…] who hate living in camp (though they have a club-house), and miss the billiard-rooms, flirtations with pretty confectioneresses and milliners […]
The game between Hargate and Lord Dreever was still in progress when Jimmy returned to the billiard-room.
Finally they retired, did you not? said Tetty. / We did indeed, said Goff, we retired to the billiard-room, for a game of slosh.
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Billiard-room means Dated form of billiard room..
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The drawing-room had been modernized, and contrasted ill with an ancient paneled billiard-room, through which one had to pass ere it was entered.
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