by-talk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of by-talk
Example Sentences
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Furthermore, they may see in his orations he wrote in certain causes to serve him when he pleaded: that he sought occasions in his by-talk to shew men that he was excellently well learned.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
Later, he had to attend a couple of board meetings, which ran off into protracted by-talk, and the rainy twilight had fallen before his office knew him again.
From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby
"Be it so," replied Maxwell, whose suspicions, as Vernon had intended, were diverted by this by-talk.
From Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue by Warren T. Ashton
To this bit of by-talk the Commissioner and Martin had been paying a desultory attention as they sipped their tea.
From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee
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