parlour game
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Reflecting on the possible reason, she said "I know I am not in the in-crowd. I don't play some of the parlour games".
From BBC
Westminster's favourite parlour game - "how many letters of no confidence have been submitted to Sir Graham Brady?" - is up and running again.
From BBC
The paper's chief theatre critic Arifa Akbar wrote that the play was "breathtaking theatre with its own arresting imagination" and "not just a clever parlour game for fans".
From BBC
And so here is my advice on the off chance this parlour game so beloved here crops up in your day-to-day conversation.
From BBC
Assessing celebrity bookcases is a pandemic parlour game.
From The Guardian
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