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stillroom

[ stil-room, -room ]

noun

  1. (in a large house) a room for distilling or for the preparation of special foods and drinks.
  2. a room off a kitchen for making tea, coffee, etc., and for storing liquors, tea, preserves, jams, wine, etc.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stillroom1

First recorded in 1700–10; still 2 + room

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Example Sentences

His wife and daughter were in tastes and acquirements below a housekeeper or a stillroom maid of the present day.

Tristram, she knew, loved her stillroom maid's brown bread and butter.

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