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sickroom

[sik-room, -room] / ˈsɪkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /
NOUN
infirmary
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Advice about food preparation for "invalids", "convalescents" or "the sickroom" would commonly take up an entire section of cookbooks.

From Salon Sep. 1, 2022

To prevent infected air from seeping out of the sickroom, Fox suggests wedging towels in the gap under the bedroom door.

From Seattle Times May 26, 2022

Her mother read Hans Christian Andersen stories as a vaporizer sent puffs of yellow steam into the sickroom.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2022

But when a sparrow gets in the sickroom, his mother sends him for a broom to sweep it out the window.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2020

He never looked so handsome or brave as standing in the middle of the sickroom, his eyes searching all the beds until he found me.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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