living-room

See also: livingroom and living room

English

Noun

living-room (plural living-rooms)

1. Alternative form of living room
   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXIII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section I, page 273:

     He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head.

   • 1922, The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, volume 46, page 377:

     Beyond the living-room is a glassery low-studded and heavily beamed.

   • 1928, Lynn Montross, “Silent Minstrel”, in American Magazine, volume 106, page 14:

     Because they had named her Cecilia, her parents fancied that the matter of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room.

   • 1973, John Broderick, An Apology for Roses, Calder & Boyars, →ISBN, page 45:

     Light flooded the small living-room, with its rope flooring, utility chairs and tables, electric storage heater, and gaudy red bawneen curtains.

   • 2022 May 13, Athol Daily News, volume LXXXVII, number 389, page B9:

     Open layout includes kitchen, a formal dining-room, living-room, half bath and laundry.

   • 2023 January 15, Don Wooten, “Reasons to keep tree up until Feb. 2”, in Quad-City Times, volume 167, number 94, page A13:

     Yet, that [Christmas] tree has seen a lot over the years; it represents so much of the distant and recent past that it deserves to have its place in the living-room. I see in its glow so many faces and events worth remembering and re-living that I am tempted to keep it in place permanently. But 40 days will do.