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Definition of Talkfest
1. an informal discussion meeting [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talkfest
Literary usage of Talkfest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"After supper we got out our pipes and made our aching backs as comfortable as
the rude benches would permit, and held a regular talkfest. ..."
2. The Road by Jack London (1907)
"So the mobs and the hoboes had a talkfest, fraternized, sang songs, and parted,
the mobs going back on their captured train to Omaha, the hoboes pulling out ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1909)
"... "talkfest," "brainstorm" and the like, for he is above all things a practical
fellow wh never mistakes a ..."
4. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"That evening Brandt called in his staff and the group and squadron commanders
for a talkfest after dinner. It was fun to sit around discussing tactics, ..."
5. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"There is no mention of it in any of the dictionaries of Americanisms, and yet,
in such forms as talkfest, ..."
6. The Social Unrest: Capital, Labor, and the Public in Turmoil by Lyman Pierson Powell (1919)
"The suggestion that a dozen or fifteen American educators should informally come
over for a " talkfest" was promptly met by the reply: " Make it more. ..."
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