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Definition of Talkie
1. Noun. A movie with synchronized speech and singing.
Generic synonyms: Film, Flick, Motion Picture, Motion-picture Show, Movie, Moving Picture, Moving-picture Show, Pic, Picture, Picture Show
Definition of Talkie
1. Noun. (informal) A movie with sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Talkie
1. a moving picture with synchronized sound [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talkie
Literary usage of Talkie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"2. Incessant chatter or talk. [Colloq.] There's a woman, now, who thinks of
nothing living but herself ! All talkie talkie ! I begin to be weary of her. ..."
2. Capital (1888)
"It had also developed a prototype of walkie-talkie set. The units were at present
under reliability tests. Webel Business Machines Ltd— one of the ..."
3. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1826)
"I think they beat the John Bull folks in this particular. Why, even the compiler
of the Table-talk, talks (it is all talkie talkie here,) of his Cham- ..."
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