salle d'attente
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Let this small effusion of ill-nature be my first and last tribute to the whole despotic gare: the deadly salle d'attente, the insufferable delays over one's luggage, the porterless platform, the overcrowded and illiberal train.
From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph
He was coming out of the first class salle d'attente.
From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas
"La salle d'attente is gloomy enough," said one of my companions, "and yet some of us may be very sorry to leave it."
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
"Do you suppose I can offer myself in the salle d'attente?" sneered Staniford.
From The Lady of the Aroostook by Howells, William Dean
Ten minutes later the doors of the salle d'attente were thrown open, the train rolled in, and Fanny was carried away.
From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie
