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Lounge   /laʊndʒ/   Listen
noun
Lounge  n.  
1.
An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging. "She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop served as a fashionable lounge."
2.
A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.


verb
Lounge  v. i.  (past & past part. lounged; pres. part. lounging)  To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. "We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics."





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"Lounge" Quotes from Famous Books



... she was passing through the lobby of the Patterson where she still had her expensive room. He saw the trouble in her face and drew her to the lounge in ...
— Stubble • George Looms
... refractoriness are sprawling about on this strip of floor; they make noises all the time. Half a dozen imbecile-looking old women crowd in through the low door, and stare and exchange observations. Three young men with nothing particular to do lounge at the far end of the platform near the goats. A bright girl, with more jewellery on than is usual among Pariahs, is tending the fire at the end near the door; she throws a stick or two on as we enter, and hurries forward to get a mat. ...
— Things as They Are - Mission Work in Southern India • Amy Wilson-Carmichael
... just where her hat-brim was no screen, pulled off his gloves, and leisurely composed himself for a comfortable lounge. ...
— Work: A Story of Experience • Louisa May Alcott
... curls. There were quaint brass candelabra with square marble bases on each end of the mantel, holding candles showing burnt wicks in the day time and cheery lights at night; and a red carpet covering both rooms and red table covers and red damask curtains, and a lounge with a red afghan thrown over it; and last, but by no means least—in fact it was the most important thing in the sitting-room, so far as comfort was concerned—there was a big open-hearth Franklin, full of blazing red logs, ...
— Peter - A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero • F. Hopkinson Smith
... that Smith had not returned; therefore I resigned myself to wait. I purchased an evening paper and settled down in the lounge where I had an uninterrupted view of the entrance doors. The dinner hour approached, but still my friend failed to put in an appearance. Becoming impatient, I entered a call-box and ...
— The Hand Of Fu-Manchu - Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor • Sax Rohmer


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