back-parlor

His big mouth and back-parlor posturing had gotten him into trouble too many times for anyone to trust him with anything remotely important.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

His big mouth and back-parlor posturing had gotten him into trouble too many times for anyone to trust him with anything remotely important.

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

Punctually at six we were in the little back-parlor; we quaffed more Bohea, and made more love, than half a dozen ordinary men could.

The Fatal Boots 2006

Horriflam; and of this back-parlor and baggytell-bord, of this counter, of this “Constantinople” Divan, he became almost as reglar a frequenter as the plaster of Parish Turk who sits smoking a hookey between the two blue coffee-cups in the winder.

Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

Horriflam; and of this back-parlor and baggytell-bord, of this counter, of this “Constantinople” Divan, he became almost as reglar a frequenter as the plaster of Parish Turk who sits smoking a hookey between the two blue coffee-cups in the winder.

Burlesques 2006

What refreshment could be found in the little back-parlor of a shop, with herds coming in and herd going out, and a few faint rays of light stealing in between the windows and the walls of back-buildings surrounding them?

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

In a house three rooms deep the table and all the refreshments can be in the usual dining-room or in the upper back-parlor.

Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

Twenty minutes after stepping out of the boat, he was seated in the back-parlor of a friend, a musical-instrument maker.

Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various

So once more I was ushered into that comfortable and hospitable back-parlor.

The Lady of the Ice A Novel James De Mille

Some of the guests were in the brilliant dining-room, some in the back-parlor.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Various