What does tongue-work mean?
Tongue-work means (archaic) Babble, chatter; conversation..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) Babble, chatter; conversation..
I wonder whether you and he have had any tongue-work already.
If a man takes to tongue-work it's all over with him. 'Everything's wrong,' says he. That's a big text. But does he want to make everything right? Not he. He'd lose his text.
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Tongue-work means (archaic) Babble, chatter; conversation..
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I wonder whether you and he have had any tongue-work already.
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