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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

During a sickroom visit by Alicia and her mother, Lady Grillyer, the latter suspiciously demands, “ ‘What is the matter with the Baron?’

From Washington Post Mar. 31, 2021

Rat captains gathered in the corner of the sickroom.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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