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parlor guitar

parlor guitar noun: a kind of small acoustic guitar, originally meant to be played (often by women) in the parlor of a Victorian-era home; more modern models are still used today, commonly in folk music.

Noun

parlor guitar (plural parlor guitars)

  1. A kind of small acoustic guitar, originally meant to be played (often by women) in the parlor of a Victorian-era home; more modern models are still used today, commonly in folk music.

Forms of parlor guitar

pluralparlor guitars
alternative formparlour guitar

Questions about parlor guitar

What does parlor guitar mean?
Parlor guitar means a kind of small acoustic guitar, originally meant to be played (often by women) in the parlor of a Victorian-era home; more modern models are still used today, commonly in folk music.
What part of speech is parlor guitar?
Parlor guitar is a noun.
What is the plural of parlor guitar?
The plural of parlor guitar is parlor guitars.

Words near parlor guitar in the dictionary

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

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