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Lady's sitting room
Answer for the clue "Lady's sitting room ", 7 letters:
boudoir
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Boudoir \Bou*doir"\, n. [F., fr. bouder to pout, be sulky.] A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's bedroom; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ secrets of the boudoir EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For two nights Alison had stayed in the house, couching upstairs with Jack, while Franca slept downstairs in her boudoir . ▪ It is rather tempting to think of this room as ...
Usage examples of boudoir.
Her hand clenched itself on the banisters, then she seemed to nerve herself for some encounter, and went rapidly past me down the stairs across the hall to the boudoir, the door of which she shut behind her.
As I ran out to the tennis court a few moments later, I had to pass the open boudoir window, and was unable to help overhearing the following scrap of dialogue.
I took him down to the boudoir which he had expressed a wish to see, and went myself in search of Dorcas.
Dorcas was standing in the boudoir, her hands folded in front of her, and her grey hair rose in stiff waves under her white cap.
In the general confusion, the boudoir had not been swept that morning, and near the desk were several traces of brown mould and earth.
The mould in the beds was exactly similar to that on the floor of the boudoir, and also I learnt from you that they had been planted yesterday afternoon.
I was now sure that one, or possibly both of the gardenersfor there were two sets of footprints in the bedhad entered the boudoir, for if Mrs.
With the evidence of Annie, as to the candle grease on the floor, and as to seeing the prisoner take the coffee into the boudoir, the proceedings were adjourned until the following day.
She left them in her boudoir busy with these when she returned to the parlor.
Zoe went to her boudoir, gave vent to her anger in a hearty fit of crying, then set to work at the lessons with a sincere desire to please the husband she really loved with all her heart.
Such were his thoughts as he went through the duties of the toilet, while Zoe sat at the window of her boudoir gazing out over the smoothly shaven lawn with its stately trees, lovely in their fresh spring attire, to the green fields and woods beyond, yet scarcely taking in the beauty of the landscape, so full of tears were her eyes, so full her heart of anger, grief, and pain.
Elsie, coming up a little later, found her in her boudoir crying very bitterly.
On their return, he bade her lie down on the sofa in her boudoir and rest, averring that she looked languid and unlike herself.
They found her in her boudoir, seated in an easy-chair, beside a window overlooking the avenue, and with her baby on her lap.
I was now sure that one, or possibly both of the gardeners--for there were two sets of footprints in the bed--had entered the boudoir, for if Mrs.