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
To Atlantic City a score of sculptors and architects journeyed hopefully with their models which they set around the sun parlor of the Ambassador Hotel.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
That’s why we call it a sun parlor.
From Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese
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