Usage of "parlour game"

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Entertaining game played by several children or adults for the purpose of pastime or amusement.

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Group game played indoors.

Uso de parlour game en inglés

They keep me in the room, a parlour game: come watch this ur-adult. 
 The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl 

In this simple parlour game players are presented with several piles of matches. 
 Wired 

As he spoke, the so-called parlour game was in full swing. 
 News.com.au 

There is a kind of parlour game one can play here. 
 The Guardian 

Quite a little parlour game-sortof three-cardtrick, is it not? 
 Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels 

The Six Nations is gone, which means the grand parlour game can now begin. 
 The Guardian 

Once a traditional parlour game, bridge has been hit by two separate cheating scandals. 
 Radio NZ 

THE search for the Great American Novel is an amusing if aimless literary parlour game. 
 The Irish Times 

Still, the speculation makes for a fine parlour game. 
 The Irish Times 

Here's a traditional parlour game that might help. 
 The Guardian 

In another parlour game of a rather interesting kind the youngest in the room begins by saying- 
 A History of Nursery Rhymes 

It would make a good parlour game. 
 The Guardian 

There is an exciting new parlour game. 
 The Irish Times 

Table turning as a parlour game is about as stupid and aimless an amusement as I know. 
 Seen and Unseen 

It has become a parlour game to try and spot modern trends that Tocqueville foresaw 160 years ago. 
 The Irish Times 

Condemning welfare is a popular parlour game among those who don't have to worry about their next meal. 
 The Irish Times 

Translations for parlour game

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Significados de parlour game en inglés