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parlour

[pahr-ler] / ˈpɑr lər /


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Speaking to the BBC, the couple said they found Macie-Mae's body on the sofa at the funeral director's home, six miles away from the funeral parlour where they thought her body was being looked after.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Legume hordes like clover pull nitrogen from the air, reducing the use of chemical fertilisers, and the milking parlour is 80-percent solar- and wind-powered.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

They said they had agreed to their daughter being taken by Florrie's Army, as Ms Upton had led them to believe the body was being kept at a funeral parlour in Headingley until the burial.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

A woman who did not realise she was pregnant has described giving birth alone at the beauty parlour where she worked before cutting her baby's umbilical cord with eyebrow scissors.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

She went out of the room and did nothing to the parlour and came back.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury




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