Definition of Billiard parlour

1. Noun. A room in which billiards is played.

Exact synonyms: Billiard Hall, Billiard Parlor, Billiard Room, Billiard Saloon
Generic synonyms: Room

Lexicographical Neighbors of Billiard Parlour

billfish
billfishes
billfold
billfolds
billhead
billheads
billholder
billholders
billhook
billhooks
billiard
billiard ball
billiard hall
billiard marker
billiard parlor
billiard parlour (current term)
billiard player
billiard room
billiard saloon
billiard table
billiard tables
billiards
billie
billies
billietite
billing
billing credit
billings
billingsgate
billingsgates

Literary usage of Billiard parlour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Toronto: Past and Present: A Handbook of the City by Charles Pelham Mulvany (1884)
"... highly ornamented brackets, and in short, every possible requisite for furnishing the most elaborate and luxurious billiard parlour. ..."

2. Travels in Search of a Settler's Guide-book of America and Canada by George Jacob Holyoake (1884)
"There is a ladies' billiard parlour in the cupola. It stands on the bank of the Rio Gallinas (pronounced ..."

3. The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"He goes to a billiard parlour to watch a game of billiards between his friend Bill Botts and another fellow he doesn't like and of course ..."

4. Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson (1916)
"The men sort of slouched off down to the front gate and then went down to the Temperance billiard parlour, where several of 'em got stewed. ..."

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