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why is a drawing room so called

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anagram | 20:49 Tue 07th Sep 2010 | Home & Garden
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A bedroom has a bed, a bathroom a bath etc, so why is it called a drawing room?
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Because it is a contraction of "withdrawing" room - where the ladies withdrew after the meal leaving the men to their cigars.
20:49 Tue 07th Sep 2010
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Or simply where someone could "withdraw" for privacy.
20:50 Tue 07th Sep 2010
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It was originally the withdrawing room (the room for ladies to withdraw to after dinner etc)
20:51 Tue 07th Sep 2010
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Thanks guys
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