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horse parlor

American  

noun

  1. a gambling room where people can bet on horse races with a bookmaker.


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John Doe, 47, a tenement-dwelling Midwesterner in hock to the corner delicatessen, pursues solvency at the horse parlor and the poker table.

From Time Magazine Archive

In short order the pretty hillbilly becomes a dancing star at Dave the Dude's nightspot and horse parlor on Broadway.

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