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/ˌpɑː.liˈvuː/ · noun
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.
[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
Use parleyvoo when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Parleyvoo means The French language, especially as understood by an English person..
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Lynch. Let him alone. He's back from Paris […] Zoe. O go on! Give us some parleyvoo.
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