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Talkee Talkee

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(A reduplication of talk with termination ee, borrowed in ridicule from some attempt of dark races to speak English.) A copius effusion of talk with no valuable result.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Taking Time by the Forelock
Talbotype
Tale
Tale of a Tub (The)
Talent
Tales
Talgol (in Hudibras)
Talisman
Talk
Talk Shop
Talkee Talkee
Talking Bird
Tall Men
Talleyrand
Tally (A)
Tally
Tally-ho!
Tallyman (A)
Talmud (The)
Talpot or Talipot Tree
Talus