chambers
/ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚz/ noun C1- Chiefly in in chambers: a judge's private office which is used for hearings that do not need to be held in open court.
- A midmorning break at Eton College.
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Our chambers were always full of chemicals and of criminal relics which had a way of wandering into unlikely positions, and of turning up in the butter-dish or in even less desirable places.
The house had a common stair, and there were a number of names painted in the hall some indicating offices and some private chambers.
We were fortunate in finding that Lord Holdhurst was still in his chambers in Downing Street, and on Holmes sending in his card we were instantly shown up.
Nothing in the two small chambers forming the apartments remained as it had been in the time of the elder Dantès; the very paper was different, while the articles of antiquated furniture with which the rooms had been filled in Edmond’s time had all disappeared; the four walls alone remained as he had left them.
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