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)