parlours

It consists of a series of closets, the largest of which may be about eight feet square, which they call parlours and kitchens and pantries, some of them minus a corner, which has been unnaturally filched for a chimney, others deficient in half a side, which has been truncated by a shelving roof.

Our Village Mary Russell Mitford 1821

As my parlours were the only ones that boasted a pier-glass, and, besides, had the advantage of being on the drawing-room floor of the hotel, it became a custom for the women composing our circle to come to my rooms before going out, in order to see how their dresses hung.

A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay, of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66, 1905

The rooms are very small, and all have beds in them: parlours, that is, rooms without beds, must be hired separately.

Travels in the Interior of North America 1843

The walls of their "parlours," bedecked with gorgeous lithographs, calendars and framed texts!

"Contemptible", by "Casualty"

The sequence of these essences varies in different "parlours," but one especially loathsome hell-brew, known as

America To-day, Observations and Reflections William Archer 1890

Square "parlours," but the secular nuptial consecration of the then

A Small Boy and Others Henry James 1879

The eating-rooms are used solely for eating, the "parlours" are always cheerful and tasteful, and the bedrooms very pretty, adorned with all manner of knick-knacks made by the ladies, who are indescribably deft with their fingers.

The Hawaiian Archipelago 1867

When one visits Thailand you are sure to hear about Thai massage - after a few days travelling around it was clear that one can avail of that offering almost anywhere - there are massage "parlours" just about everywhere - and I mean offering only massage (I suspect one could find other places offering additional services if one was so inclined).

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As part of their parlour theatre repertoire, Mort and Ellen Paul have been performing this play in "parlours" for five years.

BC Bloggers 2009

An underground industry of dog beauty parlours thrives, mostly run out of private homes, as do a plethora of canine protection and welfare charities.

Dogs: Iran's new symbol of rebellion Masoud Golsorkhi 2010