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Meanings of parlor in English

Portuguese
sala de estar
Catalan
saló
Spanish
locutorio
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A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax.

        sala de estar
        Usage of parlor in English
        1
        Why, they were right in that parlor wall, not six months ago.
        Fahrenheit 451
        2
        He said, You need to come down to the funeral parlor, Otis.
        The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
        3
        They returned to the parlor in the new part of the house.
        The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories
        4
        Mrs. Cunningham and Millicent were sitting in their bonnets in the parlor.
        Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
        5
        They went in and sat half an hour in the parlor together.
        The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 / Devoted To...
        6
        The parlor was two inches deep in the mud from the roof.
        A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
        7
        That had happened within five minutes of their arrival at the parlor.
        Torch of Freedom
        8
        The kitchen was as clean as the parlor; and as prettily arranged.
        The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
        9
        Nannie and her mother slept in the back parlor of the boarding-house.
        The Gay Cockade
        10
        You were seen going into his illegal gambling parlor in broad daylight.
        Driving Heat
        11
        Then the landlady appeared in the parlor doorway, the footman behind her.
        North of Fifty-Three
        12
        Mrs. Peterkin was entertaining the uncles and aunts in the front parlor.
        The Peterkin papers
        13
        And sister will present you to the young ladies in the parlor.
        Quin
        14
        He sits on the floor in the parlor and turns his orguinette.
        David Lockwin—The People's Idol
        15
        A few minutes later, we carry our steaming mugs to the parlor.
        The kommandant's girl
        16
        You can receive the visits of your family in the prison parlor.
        Within an Inch of His Life
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