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super-julia commented on the word palavery
"The palavery kind of Southerners; all that slushy gush on the surface, and no sensibilities whatever - a race without consonants and without delicacy."
~ My Mortal Enemy, Willa Cather.
January 31, 2008
seanahan commented on the word palavery
Surely from palaver.
February 1, 2008