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   parlour

   /ˈpɑːlə/

   noun

   • 1. a sitting room in a private house: dated "they had lunch in the parlour" Similar sitting roomliving roomloungefront roombest roomdrawing roommorning roomsalonreception room
   • 2. a room in a public building for receiving guests: "the mayor's parlour"
   • ▪ a room in a monastery or convent that is set aside for conversation.
   • 3. a shop or business providing specified goods or services: "an ice-cream parlour" Similar salonshopestablishmentstore
   • 4. a room or building equipped for milking cows.

   adjective

   • 1. denoting a person who professes belief in but does not actively support a specified (especially radical) political view: derogatory "urban intellectuals and parlour revolutionaries"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French parlur ‘place for speaking’, from Latin parlare ‘speak’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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     3

   • A

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   • R

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   • L

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   • O

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   • R

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