Boudoir
a woman’s bedroom or private sitting room.
Contemporary Examples
7 Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts Your Valentine Would Actually Want Misty White Sidell February 12, 2013
Historical Examples
Two banks of the Seine Fernand Vandrem
K Mary Roberts Rinehart
Ernest Maltravers, Complete Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) Maria Edgeworth
Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford
Vivian Grey Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
Chats on Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Arthur Hayden
The Eternal City Hall Caine
Cashel Byron’s Profession George Bernard Shaw
noun
a woman’s bedroom or private sitting room
n.
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