bed-sitting-roomn.

Etymology: < bedroom n. + sitting room n.

A room or apartment serving both as a bedroom and as a sitting-room.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > sitting room > bed-sitting room

bed-sitting-room1892

bed-sitter1927

combined room1933

bed-sit1938

1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. xvi. 29 The bed-sitting-room which they rented was turned into a salon of reception.

1905 G. B. Shaw Passion, Poison & Petrifaction in H. Furniss's Ann. 11/1 In a bed-sitting room in a fashionable quarter of London.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed x. 119 The bed-sitting-room into which he now ushered his guests.

1926 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son i. § 2 A bed-sitting-room for me and the boy.

1933 Archit. Rev. 74 23/1 No one who has seen this will be content with the unhandiness and drab squalor of the usual bed-sitting-room method of living.

1959 House & Garden July 44/1 When the children are older, their play space and bedrooms will be planned as two large bed-sitting-rooms.

Derivatives

bed-sit n. (also bedsit) = main sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > sitting room > bed-sitting room

bed-sitting-room1892

bed-sitter1927

combined room1933

bed-sit1938

1938 N. Marsh Artists in Crime xv. 225 I'm going to spend the..morning in a chorus lady's bed-sit. in Chelsea.

1957 Oxf. Mag. 293 But pressure for admissions does mean that some freshmen sit disconsolate in a ‘bedsit’ far down the Iffley Road.

1967 Spectator 14 July 53/2 Permanent homes are no longer necessities and a bed-sit mentality has taken over.

bed-sitter n. originally University slang = main sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > sitting room > bed-sitting room

bed-sitting-room1892

bed-sitter1927

combined room1933

bed-sit1938

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 89 The problem of house-hunting brought with it various technical terms or rather revived interest in them viz...bed-sitter (bedroom and living-room combined).

1933 C. Day Lewis Magnetic Mountain 12 Then book your bed-sitter at the station hotel.

bed-sitter-land n. an area of a town, etc., in which such rooms are commonly found for rent; the world of rented accommodation in bed-sitting-rooms.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > other areas

friars1479

foreign1514

acropolis1570

sestiere1599

shopping district1837

downstreet1865

Latin Quarter1869

midtown1882

club-land1885

flat-land1889

brick area1895

turf1953

grey area1959

office park1963

bed-sitter-land1968

edge city1968

1968 D. E. Allen Brit. Tastes ii. 48 The eight boroughs in the inner western districts [of London] that constitute ‘bed-sitterland’.

1970 Guardian 3 June 7/3 The upshot..of the shifting vote, especially the shifting young votes in bedsitter-land.

1980 M. A. Doody in L. Michaels & C. B. Ricks State of Lang. 121 The addition of the last phrase is irresistibly comic, reminiscent of bed-sitter-land.

1986 Options Apr. 178/3 Serious boys..whose modern elegiac sound seems to..echo the bedsitter land once evoked by Cat Stevens.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	bed-sitting-room
释义	bed-sitting-roomn. Etymology: < bedroom n. + sitting room n. A room or apartment serving both as a bedroom and as a sitting-room. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > sitting room > bed-sitting room bed-sitting-room1892 bed-sitter1927 combined room1933 bed-sit1938 1892 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto I. xvi. 29 The bed-sitting-room which they rented was turned into a salon of reception. 1905 G. B. Shaw Passion, Poison & Petrifaction in H. Furniss's Ann. 11/1 In a bed-sitting room in a fashionable quarter of London. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed x. 119 The bed-sitting-room into which he now ushered his guests. 1926 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son i. § 2 A bed-sitting-room for me and the boy. 1933 Archit. Rev. 74 23/1 No one who has seen this will be content with the unhandiness and drab squalor of the usual bed-sitting-room method of living. 1959 House & Garden July 44/1 When the children are older, their play space and bedrooms will be planned as two large bed-sitting-rooms. Derivatives bed-sit n. (also bedsit) = main sense. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > sitting room > bed-sitting room bed-sitting-room1892 bed-sitter1927 combined room1933 bed-sit1938 1938 N. Marsh Artists in Crime xv. 225 I'm going to spend the..morning in a chorus lady's bed-sit. in Chelsea. 1957 Oxf. Mag. 293 But pressure for admissions does mean that some freshmen sit disconsolate in a ‘bedsit’ far down the Iffley Road. 1967 Spectator 14 July 53/2 Permanent homes are no longer necessities and a bed-sit mentality has taken over. bed-sitter n. originally University slang = main sense. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > sitting room > bed-sitting room bed-sitting-room1892 bed-sitter1927 combined room1933 bed-sit1938 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 89 The problem of house-hunting brought with it various technical terms or rather revived interest in them viz...bed-sitter (bedroom and living-room combined). 1933 C. Day Lewis Magnetic Mountain 12 Then book your bed-sitter at the station hotel. bed-sitter-land n. an area of a town, etc., in which such rooms are commonly found for rent; the world of rented accommodation in bed-sitting-rooms. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > other areas friars1479 foreign1514 acropolis1570 sestiere1599 shopping district1837 downstreet1865 Latin Quarter1869 midtown1882 club-land1885 flat-land1889 brick area1895 turf1953 grey area1959 office park1963 bed-sitter-land1968 edge city1968 1968 D. E. Allen Brit. Tastes ii. 48 The eight boroughs in the inner western districts [of London] that constitute ‘bed-sitterland’. 1970 Guardian 3 June 7/3 The upshot..of the shifting vote, especially the shifting young votes in bedsitter-land. 1980 M. A. Doody in L. Michaels & C. B. Ricks State of Lang. 121 The addition of the last phrase is irresistibly comic, reminiscent of bed-sitter-land. 1986 Options Apr. 178/3 Serious boys..whose modern elegiac sound seems to..echo the bedsitter land once evoked by Cat Stevens. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1892
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