Both Uses of
anteroom
in
Babbitt
- In an anteroom was the office of the chairman of the executive committee.†
Chpt 13 *
- He thought of telephoning about leases, of cajoling men he hated, of making business calls and waiting in dirty anterooms—hat on knee, yawning at fly-specked calendars, being polite to office-boys.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(anteroom) a room (such as a waiting room) leading to a larger or more important room