common room en · NOUN
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(Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK) A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, and be not at all particular on the subject of spittoons; […]
1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 289:Any expected permanent way checks are indicated daily on a map in the enginemen's common room.
1950 June, N. H. Bousfield, “Angers, a French Provincial Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 371:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| common rooms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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pt sala comunal (a shared room or lounge) · da fællesstue (a shared room or lounge) · bg обща стая (a shared room or lounge) · mi whare taka (a shared room or lounge) · da opholdsstue (a shared room or lounge) · bg общо помещение (a shared room or lounge) · es sala común (a shared room or lounge)