Billiard room
a room in a house, club, etc., where billiards is played.
Historical Examples
Dominie Dean Ellis Parker Butler
The Hand in the Dark Arthur J. Rees
Poor Man’s Rock Bertrand W. Sinclair
The Hand in the Dark Arthur J. Rees
Twenty Years of Hus’ling J. P. Johnston
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
The Moving Finger E. Phillips Oppenheim
Francisco Our Little Argentine Cousin Eva Cannon Brooks
The Spy of the Rebellion Allan Pinkerton
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