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Nov 29, 2009
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par•lor



Pronunciation: (pär'lur), [key]
—n.
1. Older Use.a room for the reception and entertainment of visitors to one's home; living room.
2. a room, apartment, or building serving as a place of business for certain businesses or professions: funeral parlor; beauty parlor.
3. a somewhat private room in a hotel, club, or the like for relaxation, conversation, etc.; lounge.
4. Also called locutorium. a room in a monastery or the like where the inhabitants may converse with visitors or with each other.

—adj.
advocating something, as a political view or doctrine, at a safe remove from actual involvement in or commitment to action: parlor leftism; parlor pink. Also, esp. Brit.,parlour.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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