crush room

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crush room - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Crush \Crush\, n.
     1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction;
        ruin.
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              The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced
        uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.
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     Crush hat, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under
        the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs;
        hence, any hat not injured by compressing.
  
     Crush room, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc.,
        where the audience may promenade or converse during the
        intermissions; a foyer.
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              Politics leave very little time for the bow window
              at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the
              opera at night.                       --Macaulay.
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