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parlor
[ pahr-ler ]
noun
- Older Use. a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
- a room, apartment, or building serving as a place of business for certain businesses or professions:
funeral parlor; beauty parlor.
- a somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation, conversation, etc.; lounge.
- Also called locutorium. a room in a monastery or the like where the inhabitants may converse with visitors or with each other.
adjective
- advocating something, as a political view or doctrine, at a safe remove from actual involvement in or commitment to action:
parlor leftism; parlor pink.
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Example Sentences
Blending elements of a pizza parlor with a recording studio, the centrally located space will feature a retro photo booth and serve unique cocktails along with two remixed slices.
The latest show in her Netflix deal, though, portrays it as a blank collection of staircases and parlors not unlike others where all-star ensembles marry screwball comedy with murder.
Testimony delivered at the ongoing trial of three accused Aryan Brotherhood members delved into Los Angeles County’s underbelly: Cheap hotels, gambling parlors and crash pads from Lancaster to Long Beach, drug dealers and fraudsters.
But for the mom-and-pop shops in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades — the dry cleaners, tattoo parlors, bars, bistros and stores that sold antiques, flowers, books, pottery and macaroons — the devastation is more personal.
In January 2022, Field testified, Weaver asked him to collect some money from illegal gambling parlors in Lancaster.
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