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parlor Definition

par·lor (pär′lər)

noun

    1. Archaic a room set aside for the entertainment of guests; formal sitting room
    2. Old-fashioned any living room
  2. a small, semiprivate sitting room or meeting room apart from the main lounges in a hotel, inn, etc.
    1. Old-fashioned a business establishment elegantly furnished to resemble a private sitting room an ice-cream parlor
    2. now, a shop or business establishment, often with some special equipment or furnishings for personal services a beauty parlor

Etymology: ME parlour < OFr parleor < parler: see parley

parlor Synonyms

parlor

n.

living room, sitting room, drawing room, front room, reception room, salon, waiting room, guest room; see also room 2.

parlor Usage Examples

Possessives

kate: Quot well yesterday he borrowed was kate's slot parlor.

Converse of object

  • bet: Betting parlors the emergence of companies quot our hats a series of.
  • start: In THIS thread we are interested only in the work involved in " Starting a beer parlor in India " .
  • open: I think it was just a lady who liked reptiles and opened a massage parlor for them.
  • milk: In the milking parlor the cows had their stalls with name, like Blue Bell, above each.

Adjective modifier

  • funeral: With each sale there is a promise that eventually a funeral parlor will be built for future services.
  • Victorian: That'll make some and flushes combined bonus quads in victorian parlor and more.
  • little: She invited me into the little back parlor, closed the door; and we were alone.
  • private: Private tea parlors in Taiwan have elaborate designs that cater to many different tastes.
  • local: Cards sold at the local parlor can be used without such checking.

Modifies a noun

  • maid: A month ago I tried it on your father's footman, and in a week he'd married a perfectly strange parlor maid.
  • trick: Virginia Candidates Trade Places for 2006 Race: Andrew Ferguson Let's try an election-year parlor trick.
  • game: The parlor game never ends no matter how bizarre the idea.
  • door: I went to the parlor door, and said, " Mrs.

Noun used with modifier

  • pachinko: There have already been reports of the owners of the pachinko parlors involved in the usage of the counterfeit cards.
  • tattoo: Iron: There's a Brazilian tattoo parlor across the street from my house that just opened up.
  • pizza: The agent in charge of the investigation called a nearby pizza parlor with delivery service to order a quick dinner for his colleagues.
  • massage: I think it was just a lady who liked reptiles and opened a massage parlor for them.
  • beer: In THIS thread we are interested only in the work involved in " Starting a beer parlor in India " .
  • beauty: And she spent more time in the beauty parlor, too.