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palaver
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synonyms: bavardage, blatherskite, clishmaclaver, footle ???
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Definition:1. {v} To discuss with much talk.2. {n} Talk, especially unnecessary talk, fuss.(other less commonly used defs skipped here...)text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealikegratuitous sound file: recorded by Phinster, CC0
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“What are those two palavering about over there?”
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 3]
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Don't stand there palavering all day,
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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She gives me a job now and then and she’s generous and quick to pay. Probably nothing to all the palaver about her. Still, when you think of it, she’s a pretty cold piece of woman.
John Steinbeck. East of Eden, p.524 (1952)
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the girl who never used to speak in public, who could be still as Noh, displayed at Palacio Peking a raconteur’s gift for palaver that delighted a great many of the all-male clientele.
Junot Díaz. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)
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