billiard parlor

noun

1. poolroom.

Word History and Origins

Origin of billiard parlor¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

He gave me a little money—fifty francs, I think, which I lost the same night in a billiard parlor.

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Week after week, wherever he went—be it chess club, restaurant, cafeteria, or billiard parlor—there was the blue box.

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On Sixth Street, an eclectic stretch of nightclubs, bars, tattoo shops and billiard parlors, the weekend crowds were thick and the celebratory atmosphere remained.

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A photo from 1889 shows McCormick’s, across C Street from another billiard parlor and around the corner from the National Hotel, which also boasted a billiard room.

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He singles out a billiard parlor, “the devil’s playground,” as the root.

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