Talkee-talkee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Talkee-talkee is a noun meaning Alternative form of talky-talky.
Meaning
Alternative form of talky-talky.
More Meanings
- (historical) A creole, especially the Anglo-Dutch language spoken in Demerara and elsewhere in what is now Guyana and Suriname.
Example Sentences
Surinam (Dutch Guiana)[…]Dutch, English, Javanese, "talkie-talkie".
The talkee-talkee of a North-American Indian, and the song of Deborah, might each have stood as the model.
The interpreter did not speak Toyo’s language but rather what the court calls “Taki-Taki - more properly called Sranan-tongo, the Creole language of coastal Suriname.
The talkee-talkee of the slaves in the sugar islands, as it is called, will prevail at Surinam, and become the language of Guiana. They have a printed bible in it already.
Word Forms
- talkie-talkie
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include patois, bajan, carib.
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