Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A room used by the women of a family as a boudoir or sitting-room, and supposed to be occupied only before dinner.

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Examples

  • They showed me into a morning-room and presently she came to me, an earnest-looking girl in a dark dress with a touch of black in it.

    Movie Night 2010

  • From this, and one later reference, it seems obvious that Flashman was particularly impressed by a Punch cartoon, published shortly after Balaclava, showing a stout British father brandishing a poker with patriotic zeal in the morning-room as he reads news of the Charge of the Light Brigade. (p. 57)

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • On Emmelines final day, she and Hannah sat at either end of the morning-room sofa, waiting for the car from Riverton.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

  • Later, when Hannah and Teddy were living in the townhouse in Grosvenor Square, a photograph sat upon the morning-room writing desk.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

  • On Emmelines final day, she and Hannah sat at either end of the morning-room sofa, waiting for the car from Riverton.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • Later, when Hannah and Teddy were living in the townhouse in Grosvenor Square, a photograph sat upon the morning-room writing desk.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • The first she knew was when Boyle appeared at the morning-room door.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

  • The first she knew was when Boyle appeared at the morning-room door.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • My suite, consisting of a drawing-room, bedroom, and the pretty morning-room in scarlet and gold, of which I have told you, lies in the wing on the side of the Invalides.

    Letters of Two Brides 2007

  • The morning-room, in which they both expected to find her, was empty; the old lady having, for the above reason, vacated it by the second door as they entered by the first.

    A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

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