parlour

Example Sentences

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According to Moore, Bush had been making his own coffins to save money – on occasion staying up all night at the firm's Hessle Road parlour.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Legume hordes like clover pull nitrogen from the air, reducing the use of chemical fertilisers, and the milking parlour is 80-percent solar- and wind-powered.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Reflecting on the possible reason, she said "I know I am not in the in-crowd. I don't play some of the parlour games".

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

Speaking to BBC Newsnight, the couple said they discovered Ms Upton had kept their daughter's body at her home, six miles away from the funeral parlour where they believed her body was being looked after.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

He followed the sound to the back parlour, where his mother, lit by candlelight, was playing the Mozart piano sonata.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick