bed-sit·ting room
| \ ˈbed-ˌsi-tiŋ-
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variants:
or less commonly bedsitting room
plural bedsitting rooms
Definition of bed-sitting room
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: a one-room apartment serving as both bedroom and living room : bedsit
A fairly large bed-sitting room was vacant at No. 23. I took it, and settled down seriously to make my writing pay.— P. G. Wodehouse
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“Bed-sitting room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bed-sitting%20room. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021.
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