n. A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A public room in an inn, hotel, or club-house, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments; now, usually, the public dining-room.
Word Usage
"The second in the coffeeroom of Breslin's hotel on a rainy Sunday in the January of 1892, in the company of Stephen's father and Stephen's granduncle, Stephen being then 5 years older."