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"ref": "2005, June M. Woodring, The Skittish Bride, Xlibris Corporation, page 252",
"text": "Four bedrooms and a necessary room upstairs and one down, a formal dining room, a large parlor ...",
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"ref": "2012, Justin Cord Hayes, The Unexpected Evolution of Language: Discover the Surprising Etymology of Everyday Words, Simon and Schuster",
"text": "At various times, that place also has been called a privy chamber, a necessary room, the smallest room in the house, and even “where the queen goes alone.",
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{
"ref": "2006, Ejay Wyndesh, The Empty Nest the Second Time Around, iUniverse",
"text": "Master baths are as big as a real room, spacious and a decorator's dream, more than a necessary room.",
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"ref": "2005, Larry W. Miller, The Conquest of New Eden/Sins of the Father, iUniverse, page 157",
"text": "She had a sleeping chamber complete with a necessary room attached and a hot tub in the corner.",
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{
"ref": "2019, John Bede, Freedom Because of the Brave: Book 3 The Patriots Abound Trilogy, Fulton Books, Inc.",
"text": "... near the main hall in a small room that might have been a necessary room. It's probably someone relieving himself.",
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"ref": "2012, Harry Carter, The Life and Loves of a United States Naval Aviator, iUniverse, page 144",
"text": "The beach hut provided shelter from the sun, a place to change, and a necessary room.",
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"text": "At various times, that place also has been called a privy chamber, a necessary room, the smallest room in the house, and even “where the queen goes alone.",
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"text": "Master baths are as big as a real room, spacious and a decorator's dream, more than a necessary room.",
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