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Definition of Palavers
1. palaver [v] - See also: palaver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palavers
Literary usage of Palavers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baptist Missionary Magazine by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1896)
"... palavers had been discontinued in the section immediate to the station.
But one day last July I was hastily called to one of the towns bv a son of au ..."
2. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... or native bread—palavers with native chiefs in order ttr obtain guides—Incidents
of the march to ..."
3. Cross River Natives: Being Some Notes on the Primitive Pagans of Obubura by Charles Partridge (1905)
"... XIII Marital relations—" Wife palavers "—Twins—Prostitutes—Games and amusements—"
Mancala "—A women's play described—Yam festivals—Circles of monumental ..."
4. Cross River Natives: Being Some Notes on the Primitive Pagans of Obubura by Charles Partridge (1905)
"... relations—" Wife palavers "—Twins—Prostitutes—Games and amusements—" Mancala "—A
women's play described—Yam festivals—Circles of monumental stones ..."
5. Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa, with Accounts of the by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1868)
"Fear of Death.—Old People abandoned.—Treachery.—Case of
Retaliation!—Women-palavers.—Arbitration. —A fetich Palaver. ..."
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