ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARLOUR
From Anglo-Norman parlur, from Old French parleur room in convent for receiving guests, from parler to speak.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARLOUR»
The term «parlour» is quite widely used and occupies the
25.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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6 QUOTES WITH «PARLOUR»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
parlour.
When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition.
There is something in the act of having tattoos done that I love. It can be quite addictive. I've got a few on my back because my friend is an artist, and a few on my arms. Every time I pass a tattoo parlour, I think, 'Maybe just a tiny one.'
There's no question that the next generation of terrorists, rather than going for small, little dramas, will go for the big one. They now understand that the way to get the world's attention is not strapping bombs to themselves in a pizza parlour, but to do something so horrific it gets you into the Guinness Book of World Records for terrorism.
My father died in France, and my sisters and I went over with my mum to bring back his body. I remember going to the funeral parlour in France and being given a laminated menu of coffins, and thinking, surely there is an ice cream at the back of here!
I checked myself out in that funeral parlour scene. I saw myself laughing, because there was a shot of Ed and I together and Mary was right in back of us. My head turned from the camera and I saw myself laughing, because Mary was absolutely brilliant in that thing.
I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARLOUR»
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parlour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
parlour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Victorian
Parlour: A Cultural Study
The book concludes with a discussion of how representations of the parlour in literature and art reveal the pleasures and anxieties associated with Victorian domestic life.
2
The Gentleman In The
Parlour
The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of the author's trip through what was then Burma and Siam, ending in Haiphong, Vietnam.
3
Victorian
Parlour Poetry: An Annotated Anthology
Features 117 gems by Longfellow, Tennyson, Browning and many lesser-known poets. "The Village Blacksmith," "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight," "Only a Baby Small," more, often difficult to find elsewhere. Index of poets, titles, first lines.
4
Parlour Games for Modern Families
Great family fun ' Sun Herald Written by two young mums, Parlour Games for Modern Families sets out to revive the tradition of indoor family games.This book is bursting with games of logic and memory, wordplay, card games, role-play, and ...
5
Mrs Hippo's Pizza
Parlour
Business is bad at Mrs. Hippo's Pizza Parlor until little William Hippo comes up with a brilliant idea. Soon there are lines out the door and a special treat for William.
Jasmine helps her mother prepare to sell fish and sugar cakes at their parlour, or market stand, on market day on the island of Trinidad.
7
The
Parlour and the Streets: Elite and Popular Culture in ...
Profusely illustrated with examples of contemporary street songs and popular performing arts, the book traces the beginnings of tension between these urban folk cultural forms and the new culture of the Bengali elite which was increasingly ...
8
The
parlour and the suburb: domestic identities, class, ...
Shows how the home and private life have been significant in the formation of modern feminine identities
9
The Llama
Parlour: reissued
Love is in the air - or is it only Kat's car exhaust?
Demolition expert Ned lives in a nice new house on a nice new estate on the edge of the English countryside.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARLOUR»
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parlour is used in the context of the following news items.
The Paste Parlour: Live from the Morris House - Ayron Jones
Sasquatch! Festival consistently sets the tone for festival season every year, taking place over Memorial Day weekend at The Gorge in ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
Alcoa: Parlour TricksParlour Tricks (2015)
Alcoa: Parlour TricksParlour Tricks (2015) Bridge Nine. Reviewer Rating: 3.5. Contributed by: RENALDO69RENALDO69 (others by this writer ... «Punknews.org, Jul 15»
Your chance to open Liverpool's biggest ice-cream parlour at …
The Reader Organisation's ice cream parlour will be officially opened in Calderstones Park this August and to celebrate the opening of ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
Vandals engrave Swastika on tattoo parlour's window
The parlour and vape shop I Ain't No Saint in Abbots Langley High Street was first attacked overnight on Sunday, July 19, which left the front ... «Hemel Gazette, Jul 15»
Ray Parlour: The two strikers who would fit into the Arsenal structure
Arsenal legend Ray Parlour says Karim Benzema or Edinson Cavani would ... would be a great signing for Arsenal," Parlour told the First Post. «FastOneTwo.com, Jul 15»
Devout Christian performed sex act outside Sunderland funeral …
A devout Christian was caught by police performing a sex act outside a funeral parlour after a night out with his new work colleagues. «Sunderland Echo, Jul 15»
Arsenal legends Campbell and Parlour on Invincibles era, 'Wenger …
But Mumbai was abuzz on Tuesday as Arsenal fans got to watch and interact with 'Invincibles' Sol Campbell and Ray Parlour who visited India ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
The tattoo capital of Britain has one inking parlour for every 2867 …
Exclusive data obtained by the Mirror reveals that there is one tattoo parlour for every 2,867 people in Blackpool. Nowhere else in England ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
#OnThisBoroDay 2004: Ray Parlour signs for Boro
Ray Parlour was officially a Boro player, putting pen to paper on a three-year-deal on this day in 2004. For boss Steve McClaren it was turning ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
EastEnders bosses defend gay sex scene in funeral parlour as …
Gay sex in the Funeral Parlour by the coffin is a new low for #Eastenders. It would still have been if it had been heterosexual. A disgrace! «The Independent, Jul 15»
