Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
parlor . - noun A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.
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- noun A room for
talking , especially the room in a monastery or convent where residents can talk with visitors. - noun dated The
living room of ahouse , or a room for entertaining guests. - noun archaic A
comfortable room in apublic house . - noun A
shop or otherbusiness selling goods specified by context. - noun A
shed used formilking cattle .
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- noun reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
- noun a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
Etymologies
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Examples
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Above this parlour is a small room, whose low ceiling is supported by beams, which was, in all probability, Madame de Broglie's bedroom.
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This morning there has been a great deal of company here; but at the time appointed by Lord Orville, doubtless with that consideration, the parlour is almost always empty, as every body is dressing.
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778
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There seldom passed much talk between them: Linton learnt his lessons and spent his evenings in a small apartment they called the parlour: or else lay in bed all day: for he was constantly getting coughs, and colds, and aches, and pains of some sort.
Wuthering Heights 2002
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[Page 41] "Uppercross" the old-fashioned parlour is spoken of "with a small carpet and shining floor, to which the present daughters of the house were giving the proper air of confusion by a grand piano and a harp."
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"Awful red!" replied his mother -- "and they call their parlour a saloon."
The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation Harry Leon Wilson 1903
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In one, which I think they call his parlour, is a very antique cupboard; where, it is supposed, he deposited some precious part of his literary treasure.
Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents Beckford, William 1891
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The parlour is wanscoated and painted a Cedar Coullour.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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/[Page 394] /parlour is new-papered and painted, it should be done properly, and proper painting takes a prodigious time; but I will see somebody to-morrow, to speak at least concerning the outside.
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There seldom passed much talk between them; Linton learnt his lessons and spent his evenings in a small apartment they called the parlour; or else lay in bed all day; for he was constantly getting coughs, and colds, and aches, and pains of some sort.
Wuthering Heights 1847
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There seldom passed much talk between them: Linton learnt his lessons and spent his evenings in a small apartment they called the parlour: or else lay in bed all day: for he was constantly getting coughs, and colds, and aches, and pains of some sort.
Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833
Prolagus commented on the word parlour
See all the Night Owls when they gather 'neath the neon lights
They've been sleeping all day long, now they come alive
See all the Night Owls when they gather, dressed up to the nines
They're out to party and they'll keep it going 'til the morning light
Blue-eyed boy is taking Cinderella for a ride
Promising a glimpse of paradise
"Come into my parlour"
says the spider to the fly
"We'll fake the game of passion
and ward off all the nonsense in our lives".
(Night owls, by Vaya con Dios)
(Sorry if the quote is so long, I just wanted to give a context)
June 24, 2008