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parleyvoo
UK /ˌpɑː.liˈvuː/ US /ˌpɑɹ.liˈvu/
noun 2verb 1
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1VERB + PARLEYVOO
give
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noun
1
The French language, especially as understood by an English person.
Lynch. Let him alone. He's back from Paris […] Zoe. O go on! Give us some parleyvoo.
2
A French person.
[O]ne of these d—d Parlivoos will go farther with some women in a day, than an Englishman in a month—all owing to their impudence; for a common man has as much impudence in France as a man-midwife has in England.
We were hardy British tars who had pity on a poor Parley-voo
verb
1
To speak a foreign language, especially French.
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Lynch. Let him alone. He's back from Paris […] Zoe. O go on! Give us some parleyvoo.
Wiktionary02
[O]ne of these d—d Parlivoos will go farther with some women in a day, than an Englishman in a month—all owing to their impudence; for a common man has as much impudence in France as a man-midwife has
Wiktionary03
We were hardy British tars who had pity on a poor Parley-voo
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