as in place
a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business an ice cream parlor with an old-timey theme

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Recent Examples of parlor And its pause-worthy success was shared by another local pizza parlor. Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2025 In December 2016, Welch drove from his hometown of Salisbury, N.C., to the pizza parlor and entered openly carrying an AR-15-style rifle and a revolver, which led terrified customers and employees to flee the eatery. Charna Flam, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025 Christopher Leap, one of two NYPD supervisors shot and wounded by an armed gang member suspected of robbing a Lower East Side mah-jongg parlor will be among the speakers railing against the mayor on Thursday. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025 The high-gloss walls of his living room are a lacquered green—inspired by a parlor at Mount Vernon. Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for parlor 
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Noun
  • Michigan and Louisville are also candidates to go from last place to the tourney.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Beyond personal vacations, Evans’ work has granted him an even greater gift of not just popping in and out of a place, but really getting to know destinations across the globe.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Under the act, revenue from the levy must be used to support local facilities and services that business and leisure visitors use heavily, according to the City of Edinburgh Council website.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
  • But there’s no guarantee the U.S. will green-light an attack to destroy Iranian facilities.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His outré and uncompromising style quickly won the attention of the Hollywood and international movie-making establishment.
    Chris Morris, Variety, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Many of them exist within shopping centers or are stand-alone establishments.
    Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlor. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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