"parlor guitar" meaning in All languages combined

See parlor guitar on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: parlor guitars [plural], parlour guitar [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} parlor guitar (plural parlor guitars)
  1. (music) A kind of small acoustic guitar, originally meant to be played (often by women) in the parlor of a Victorian-era home; more modern models are still used today, commonly in folk music.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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