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Meanings of parlous times in English

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Usage of parlous times in English
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A NATION expected in these parlous times, and a team delivered.
The Irish Times
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As I handed them over I noticed that one of them had seen parlous times.
Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
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These are parlous times to be travelling with correspondence.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
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These are parlous times for hurling's netminders.
The Irish Times
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These are parlous times, my son.
The Unspeakable Gentleman
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Those were indeed parlous times.
Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
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Pleasant as our short intercourse has been, these are parlous times, and hasty confidences are apt to lead to repentance.'
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
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Commenting on these parlous times, Riley afterward wrote, It is strange how little a thing sometimes makes or unmakes a fellow.
The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 1
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Archy's suspicions are awakened, and he climbs into the pork pie through an air hole, and prepares his soul for parlous times.
Shandygaff / A number of most agreeable Inquirendoes upon Life &...
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And there are, I doubt not, still parlous times ahead of the Jasper B. before our ship sets sail for the China Seas.
The Cruise of the Jasper B.
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But in these parlous times, when such a man comes and takes up residence in our city, no one bats an eye .
Quicksilver
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"These be parlous times, sir," he said, half in apology, I thought.
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
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"In these parlous times," he spoke as though to himself, "one must economize.
The Oakdale Affair
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