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parlour

[ pahr-ler ]

noun

Chiefly British.


parlour

/ ˈɑːə /

noun

  1. old-fashioned.
    a living room, esp one kept tidy for the reception of visitors
  2. a reception room in a priest's house, convent, etc
  3. a small room for guests away from the public rooms in an inn, club, etc
  4. a room or shop equipped as a place of business

    a billiard parlor

  5. a small shop, esp one selling cakes and nonalcoholic drinks
  6. Also calledmilking parlour a building equipped for the milking of cows
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Spelling Note

See -or 1.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of parlour1

C13: from Anglo-Norman parlur, from Old French parleur room in convent for receiving guests, from parler to speak; see parley
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Prosecutor Rachel Shenton told Manchester Crown Court Rehman had taken the drugs and visited two massage parlours in the city in the early morning of the incident.

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A woman who did not realise she was pregnant has described giving birth alone at the beauty parlour where she worked before cutting her baby's umbilical cord with eyebrow scissors.

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Some in the sector went on to find other forms of income, including actor Serene Sabah who decided to open an ice cream parlour.

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Mr Grimes recalled that his mother helped out in the milk parlour every day and never stopped cooking.

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His silent menace may well be enough to send shivers down your spine but there seems to be a lot of love for Wallace and Gromit's arch-nemesis Feathers McGraw at tattoo parlours around the country.

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