Parlance
['pɑːl(ə)ns] or ['pɑrləns]
Definition
(noun.) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
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Definition
(n.) Conversation; discourse; talk; diction; phrase; as, in legal parlance; in common parlance.
Edited by Bonita
Definition
n. speaking: conversation: peculiar manner of conversation.—adj. and adv. Parlan′do declamatory in style: in recitative.—v.i. Parle (Shak.) to talk.—n. (Shak.) talk conversation.—v.i. Par′ley to speak with another: to confer on some important point: to treat with an enemy.—n. talk: a conference with an enemy in war.
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Examples
- In order to move these heavy logs, therefore, it was necessary for the woodsmen to get rid of the bark, the undergrowth and the branches, which, in logging parlance, is known as slash. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A large number of the words and phrases in modern electrical parlance owe their origin to him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It became known in scientific parlance as the Edison effect, showing a curious current condition or discharge in the vacuum of the bulb. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Sol