Billiards Parlor. Thats a name we dont seem to hear very often.
First of all, what is the definition of Billiards Parlor?
According the the online dictionary, it is a room where billiards is played.
This is a pretty self explanatory definition. The dictionary also referred to billiard room, billiard parlour, billiard hall and billiard saloon.
We here in Colorado never refer to it as a parlor. We will say lets go to the pool hall, or lets go to the bar and shoot some pool. Sometimes we will just refer to the billiards hall by name. (Lets go to Side Pocket or Lets go to Diamond Jims.)
I guess it doesnt matter which name you use, they are all a room where billiards is played.
I came across the phrase or name billiards parlor while doing some billiards research. It is very interesting that there were 95,546 searches done for the phrase last month. This came in second to the search term billiards which was 416,838 searches for the month.
The name makes me picture an up scale pool hall. Maybe even a pool room that isnt a bar. You know the good old fashioned pool halls that only sell soda pop and charge for the tables by the hour. It...