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tiring room

noun

, Archaic.
  1. a dressing room, especially in a theater.


tiring room

noun

  1. archaic.
    a dressing room in a theatre


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tiring room1

First recorded in 1615–25; aphetic variant of attiring room

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Example Sentences

And she hurried away to her tiring-room to don her finest raiment.

Shape is a term borrowed from the tiring-room of the theatres.

We have a glimpse into the ladies' tiring-room, where, like bright-winged birds, they are pluming themselves for flight.

Was this impression disturbed when from their tiring-room the nymphs and dames emerged powdered, beflowered, effulgent?

The stage and the actors' tiring-room behind it were under a roof of thatch.

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