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smoke-filled room
smoke-filled room (plural smoke-filled rooms)


noun 
Definition:
 
place where deals are struck: a room where deals are negotiated in private, traditionally considered to be filled with the smoke of the negotiators' cigarettes, cigars, or pipes
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