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saloon noun [ səˈluːn ]

• a public room or building used for a specified purpose.
• "a billiard saloon"
• a car having a closed body and a closed boot separated from the part in which the driver and passengers sit.
• "a four-door saloon"
Origin: early 18th century (in the sense ‘drawing room’): from French salon, from Italian salone ‘large hall’, augmentative of sala ‘hall’.


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