drawing-room comedy

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(drô′ing ro̅o̅m′, -rŏŏm′)


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draw′ing-room com′edy  (drô′ing ro̅o̅m′, -rŏŏm′),USA pronunciation [Theat.]
  1. Theater, Show Businessa light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society.
  • 1880–85

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