room|ing-in

room|ing-in
room|ing-in «ROO mihng IHN, RUM ihng-», noun.
1. the practice of living in a house in which one is employed as a domestic servant; living-in.
2. an arrangement in some hospitals whereby the mother of a newborn baby may keep it in her own room instead of in the nursery; lying-in.

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