collocutor
Britishnoun
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Miss Calthea was an admirable manager in dialogue, and if she had an object in view it did not take her long to find out what her collocutor liked to talk about.
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When this amazing theory—widely popularized by the French and English Press—was hinted to M. Rallis by "Our Special Correspondent," on 18 November, the Greek Minister could hardly credit his collocutor's sanity: "It is mad!" he cried out.
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Soon came again my collocutor with explanations.
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Malkin fixed himself sideways in the chair, and examined his collocutor's face earnestly.
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"Oh yes," replied Clifford, eyeing his collocutor.
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