"retiring room" meaning in All languages combined

See retiring room on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: retiring rooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} retiring room (plural retiring rooms)
  1. A room set aside for seclusion, rest or quiet. Categories (topical): Rest, Rooms
    Sense id: en-retiring_room-en-noun-Y5UJuxWy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "But why cannot women—and mothers especially—have their own retiring room of the kind I remember some years ago finding such a pleasant surprise on a Kings Cross -Edinburgh train?",
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