Crossword-Solution: PALAVER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Palaver | n. | Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery. |
| Palaver | n. | In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate. |
| Palaver | v. t. & i. | To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PALAVER (5)
That night the village warriors held a big palaver to celebrate their victories, and to choose a new chief.
The chief was among the first to return to the village, and as it was he that Tarzan was most anxious to interview, he lost no time in entering into a palaver with the black.
During the palaver which followed they retailed the gossip of the villages through which they had passed, receiving in exchange such news as Kovudoo possessed.
Robbie was in the path: he was insatiably loquacious; and as he continued to palaver I watched the insipid youths gather again about my idol, and cursed my fate and my host.
Poyser might sit down if he liked, she thought; _she_ wasn’t going to sit down, as if she’d give in to any such smooth-tongued palaver.
Quotes with PALAVER (3)
And the shooting will happen so fast and be over so quick that you'll wonder what all the planning and palaver was for, when in the end it always comes down to the same five minutes' worth of blood, pain, and stupidity.
When she realizes that Nigel is having an affair, her first sentiment is satisfaction that she figured it out. Her second is that, despite all the palaver about betrayal, it doesn't feel so terrible. This is pleasing--it demonstrates a certain sophistication. She wonders if his fling might even serve her. In principle, she could leave him without compunction now, though she doesn't wish to. It also frees her from guilt about any infidelities she might wish to engage in. All i…
The major problem — one of the major problems, for there are several — one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do th…
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, NYT.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1948–2016).