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Meanings of best parlour in English

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Usage of best parlour in English
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Katherine closed the best parlour, and lingered a moment in the act.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
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She and Mrs. Marston were setting out the feather-cups in the best parlour.
Gone to Earth
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They were sitting by the fire in the best parlour when I came in.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction
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It was heroic, but uncomfortable; and they set aside the best parlour for it.
Hetty Wesley
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Or again: 'Was it in the best parlour that ye saw him the day?
A Dozen Ways Of Love
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From the closed best parlour, Katherine came, white and weeping.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
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Here is the key of the best parlour; go now, and wash carefully the fine china-ware.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
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In the best parlour, the violence was escalating.
Nanny mcphee and the big bang
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By this time they had reached the house, and Innocent went straight into the best parlour.
Innocent : her fancy and his fact
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For the moment one might have fancied that it was Mrs Scroggins's best parlour in Woburn Square.
On the Heels of De Wet
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The best parlour Katherine will attend to.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
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That evening Von Rosen came to call on Annie and she received him alone in the best parlour.
The Butterfly House
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Stunned, Margaret did not move from the best parlour, over which the touch of art nouveau had fallen.
Howards End
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I like it better than the best parlour; but I thought ladies would take that for the smarter place.
Cranford
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Captain Stuart's friend was lounging on the low window-seat of the best parlour, looking on with an amused eye.
Odd
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She turned into the house, to the best parlour, where the clerk's wife was sitting with a visitor, Mirrable.
Elster's Folly: A Novel
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