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BILLIARD SALOON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does billiard saloon mean?
• BILLIARD SALOON (noun)
The noun BILLIARD SALOON has 1 sense:
1. a room in which billiards is played
Familiarity information: BILLIARD SALOON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room in which billiards is played
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
billiard hall; billiard parlor; billiard parlour; billiard room; billiard saloon
Hypernyms ("billiard saloon" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Context examples
Begging your pardon, ma'am, it wasn't a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
What were you doing, sir, up in that billiard saloon?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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