sun parlor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sun parlor
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
Example Sentences
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His father had painted it in “refined colors”: pale yellow walls with violet panels in the living room; pink walls with maroon triangles in the sun parlor.
From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2022
The James McCreery & Co. dry goods store on Broadway at East 11th Street boasted a rooftop restaurant and sun parlor said to be the first of its kind anywhere.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2018
Scattered here and there in the simple sun parlor of a private house the first students began to learn their Christian duties of citizenship.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Into the sun parlor of Atlanta's Emory University Hospital hobbled a solidly built man, taking some of the weight off his artificial left foot with a cane.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The ladder's away off on one side of the sun parlor.
From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Keeping Store by Rogers, Walter S.
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