funeral parlour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Beverley, her husband and other families are campaigning for changes to funeral parlour regulations, backed by a number of lawmakers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
An ex-employee described Robert Bush's funeral parlour as a "horror scene", prosecutor Chris Paxton said at the start of a five-day sentencing hearing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Effectively, that is the building that we still operate," said the Nantwich Players chairman Jeremy Acklam, although they had since extended into the former funeral parlour next door.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
A son claims his mother's body was found "decomposing" in a Hull funeral parlour months after he was told she had been cremated.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2024
Feeling like an undertaker’s apprentice in a funeral parlour, I crept downstairs.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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