bar-parlour

Machinery is killing memory; coloured lights thrown by theatrical lanterns are killing the colours of a human face and character; the man who in the bar-parlour could feel like somebody, is forced in the dark and crowded hall to feel like nobody; the actual human testimony of mankind is minus a man.

G.K.'s Weekly - The Awful Example 2007

Even the dispassionate judges who sat by the hour in the bar-parlour of the

A Changed Man 2006

Five minutes afterwards when a second cabman pushed his head in cautiously, they were still waiting, and an anxious face peered out of the bar-parlour and supplied information.

The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

The bar-parlour door slammed and they heard the key turn.

The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

The barman stood in front of the bar-parlour door which was now locked on Mr. Marvel, stared at the smashed window, and came round to the two other men.

The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

And even as he did so the flap of the bar was shut down and the bolt clicked, and then with a tremendous thud the catch of the door snapped and the bar-parlour door burst open.

The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

The book of Wodehouse's which I have recently been reading consists of a number of short stories, as related by Mr Mulliner in the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest.

P.G. Wodehouse: Mr Mulliner speaking Michael Allen 2005

That Purdy, of all people, should prove a dabster in the share-market! — exchange to such good purpose bar-parlour for “Corner.”

The Way Home 2003

Well, I suppose we had the honour of entertaining in this bar-parlour yesterday, about the biggest and loudest and most fat-headed fanatic in the modern world.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

They seated themselves in a close and dim sort of bar-parlour, at a stained wooden table with one wooden leg.

The Man Who Was Thursday Gilbert Keith 2003