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parlor game

parlor game is the alternative spelling of parlour game.

Meaning of parlour game

Noun

parlour game (plural parlour games)

  1. Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering.
    • Near-synonym: party game
    Synonyms:
    party game
  2. (figuratively) The use of deliberately nebulous or confusing language.
    Synonyms:
    doublespeak

Forms of parlor game

pluralparlor games

Questions about parlor game

What is parlor game the alternative spelling of?
Parlor game is the alternative spelling of parlour game.

Words near parlor game in the dictionary

  1. parloir
  2. parloirs
  3. parlor
  4. parlor car
  5. parlor cars
  6. parlor game
  7. parlor games
  8. parlor guitar
  9. parlor guitars
  10. parlor house
  11. parlor houses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parlor game (page history and authors); parlour game (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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