subs. phr. (common).—A garret (GROSE).
1807–8. IRVING, Salmagundi, No. ii. I beg leave to repeat the advice so often given by the illustrious tenants of the theatrical SKY-PARLOR, to the gentlemen who are charged with the “nice conduct” of chairs and tables—“make a bow, Johnny—Johnny, make a bow!”
1821. P. EGAN, Life in London, II. v. Bob … proposed to see the author safe to his SKY PARLOUR.
1836. DICKENS, Sketches by Boz, ‘First of May.’ Now ladies, up in the SKY-PARLOUR; only once a year, if you please. Ibid. (1855), Little Dorrit, I. viii. She has a lodging at the turnkey’s. First house there … SKY PARLOR.
1847. W. B. RHODES, Bombastes Furioso, 15.
| My PARLOUR that’s NEXT TO THE SKY | |
| I’d quit, her blest mansion to share. |
1883. A. DOBSON, Hogarth, 43. The poor verseman, high in his Grub-Street or “Porridge-Island” SKY-PARLOUR.
1891. Herald, 31 May, 3, 1. SKY-PARLOURS may be very well, but I’m certain there is something wrong with my friend’s “upper story.”
1895. LE QUEUX, The Temptress, iii. The necessaries of life which she would convey to his SKY PARLOUR.
