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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Talkee Talkee

(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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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