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parleyvoo

/ ˌ±èɑː±ôÉȘˈ±čłÜː /

verb

  1. to speak French
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the French language
  2. a Frenchman
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of parleyvoo1

C20: jocular respelling of parlez-vous ( ŽÚ°ùČčČÔçČčŸ±Čő ) ? do you speak (French)?
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Example Sentences

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There's not a man among my prisoners, thank the Lord, who's not a Parleyvoo.'

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Now, Mister Parleyvoo—can't you do something to amuse the company?

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“Not me, faith,” sez I. “If it’s duellin’ ye want you’ll have to go to another shop, Monsieur Parleyvoo, for it ain’t in my line.

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The sleek, pomaded Parleyvoo   Will air his sweetest airs And quote the highest rates when you   "Comme bien" for his wares; And, though the German stolid be,   His so-called heart of steel Becomes as soft as wax when he   Detects the words "Wie viel."

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I can't parleyvoo with him, but he's an honest rogue for a Frenchman, and 'twas he brought off my young Lord.

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