Talker
['tɔkɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who talks; especially, one who is noted for his power of conversing readily or agreeably; a conversationist.
(n.) A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach.
Typed by Evangeline
Examples
- He was a fluent, cheerful, agreeable talker. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When he was with the others he Was a very rough talker. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mr. Rushworth, however, though not usually a great talker, had still more to say on the subject next his heart. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I am a talker, you know; I am rather a talker; and now and then I have let a thing escape me which I should not. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She was a great talker upon little matters, which exactly suited Mr. Woodhouse, full of trivial communications and harmless gossip. Jane Austen. Emma.
- From a taciturn man I believe she would transform me into a talker. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ralph was ingenuous, genteel in his manners, and extremely eloquent; I think I never knew a prettier talker. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He was poetic, highly educated, and a brilliant talker. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Malone, though a ceaseless talker when there were only men present, was usually tongue-tied in the presence of ladies. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- William was often called on by his uncle to be the talker. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- There are plenty of talkers going about, my love, and she will soon find one. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is a favourite idea with some writers and with more talkers, that when the necessity really arises for an invention the natural inventive genius of man will at once supply it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is not in the results it achieved, but in the attempts it made that the true value for us of this group of Greek talkers and writers lies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The hands of the clock verging upon the hour of closing the Bank, there was a general set of the current of talkers past Mr. Lorry's desk. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The agreeable young Barnacle, and Bar, were the talkers of the party. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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