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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
palaver .
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Examples
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Oh, I forgot to tell you -- she palavered Burnett into lending her eight rifles for her men, and three cases of dynamite.
Chapter 16 2010
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So these people have palavered over and over about it, never noting that the basic projection making the unpleasant forecasts was patently ridiculous.
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Everybody rose, shook, palavered inconsequentially for a bit, and then the director herded Nick back to the hallway and shoved him down it toward the elevators.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Everybody rose, shook, palavered inconsequentially for a bit, and then the director herded Nick back to the hallway and shoved him down it toward the elevators.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Everybody rose, shook, palavered inconsequentially for a bit, and then the director herded Nick back to the hallway and shoved him down it toward the elevators.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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As to the League of Nations, a man that morning had palavered it up.
The White Monkey 2004
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Or perhaps it was here, watching them even as they palavered and Nigel returned with various writing implements.
The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004
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Apparently, a Russian speaker was found the Turkish crews were a mix of Turks, Greeks, and impressed Russians, and Ivak and the Turks palavered for a while.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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Apparently, a Russian speaker was found the Turkish crews were a mix of Turks, Greeks, and impressed Russians, and Ivak and the Turks palavered for a while.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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Two of the uakaris exchanged a glance and palavered softly among themselves.
The Mocking Program Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2002
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