drawing-room comedy
[ draw-ing-room, -roo m ]
/ ˈdrɔ ɪŋˌrum, -ˌrʊm /
noun Theater.
a light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society.
Origin of drawing-room comedy
First recorded in 1880–85
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