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parlour

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈpɑːlə//
  • United States//ˈpɑɹlɚ//
  • //ˈpaːlɔː//

Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor.

noun

  1. 1

    Commonwealth standard spelling of parlor.

    Will you walk into my parlour, said a Spider to a Fly; / 'Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy.

    At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

Forms

plural
parlours
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