bed-sitting room

noun

bed-sit·ting room

variants: or less commonly bedsitting room

plural bed-sitting rooms also bedsitting rooms

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British

: bedsit When George leaves for the factory Pam packs and leaves for London, where in a cold, filthy bed-sitting room she concludes the novel's opening section by turning on the gas.— Alan Cheuse, New York Times Book Review, 12 Dec. 1982

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