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Ellison killed the most egregious psychopath among a clan of murderous brothers, who are now galloping across entire prairies to get revenge; there could be a fun parlor game counting up the Westerns based on this configuration.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024
The eponymous parlor game ensues… until one character winds up really, truly dead.
—Dennis Perkins and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 5 July 2024
That makes the selection much more than a D.C. parlor game.
—Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
There are a lot of fun parlor games that are not trivia-oriented, and still encourage conversation and laughter.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2024
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First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
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“Parlor game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parlor%20game. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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