DCHP-3

beer parlo(u)r

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a room in which a hotel is licensed to sell beer; beverage room.

Quotations

1925
July 29, 1925 (about)--Beer parlour was opened in Pouce Coupe.
1935
There is a growing agitation, both in Calgary and Edmonton, against the segregation of women customers of the beer parlors of these two cities in separate rooms.
1965
In Saskatchewan today--hold your breath . . . women hustle the suds in men's beer parlors.