salle a manger
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Scene: The salle a manger of the Bank of France in the Hotel de Toulouse, an historic palace built by the great architect Francois Mansart, for a natural son of Louis XIV.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jacintha put him into the salle a manger.
From White Lies by Reade, Charles
The salle a manger was very prettily decorated with texts, and the furniture upholstered with cheveux de horse, Louis Quinze.
From Literary Lapses by Leacock, Stephen
When he entered the salle a manger, which commonly had a dozen or twenty people at the tables, he found the hall filled with gentlemen in black coats, all feeding gravely, and in silence.
From Anecdotes & Incidents of the Deaf and Dumb by Roe, W. R. (William Robert)
Dodd rubbed his eyes and saw those two foul faces at the end of the kitchen: for such it was, though called salle a manger.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
