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parlour-game

parlour-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 parlour-game

pluralparlour-games

Questions about parlour-game

What is parlour-game the alternative spelling of?
Parlour-game is the alternative spelling of parlour game.

Words near parlour-game in the dictionary

  1. parlour pinks
  2. parlour skate
  3. parlour skates
  4. parlour trick
  5. parlour tricks
  6. parlour-game
  7. parlour-games
  8. parlourish
  9. parlourless
  10. parlourmaid
  11. parlourmaids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parlour-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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