An interesting verb is "to draw"! My dictionary says about 86 meanings of it It is interesting for me which meaning the Englishmen imply when they say "drawing-room"? ;-)
An interesting verb is "to draw"! My dictionary says about 86 meanings of it It is interesting for me which meaning the Englishmen imply when they say "drawing-room"? ;-)
I had to look that one up to remember what it meant. I thought it
was like an office but, no, it is a room for entertaining. :O ;)
The term most likely comes from the idea that people could "withdraw" from o area to another, hence "withdrawing room" which migrated to "drawing room". It's from a much more formal time than today!
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