Charades
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Charades is a parlor or party word guessing game. Originally, the game was a dramatic form of literary charades: a single person would act out each syllable of a word or phrase in order, followed by t
Man trying to act out a word in the game of charades
The Triumph of Clytemnestra
Group guessing the acted-out phrase in the game of charades.
A player using two fingers to signal to his teammates that the answer has two words
Parlour game
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A parlour or parlor game is a group game played indoors, named so as they were often played in a parlour. These games were extremely popular among the upper and middle classes in the United Kingdom an
Charades
…Charades (UK: , US: ) is a parlor or party word guessing game. Originally, the game was a dramatic form of literary charades: a single person would act out each syllable of a word or…
A game of "Questions and Commands" depicted by James Gillray, 1788
An American newspaper advertisement for a parlor game, circa 1900