Meaning of parleyvoo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The French language, especially as understood by an English person.
   countable, uncountable
2. A French person.
   archaic, countable

Examples

“Lynch. Let him alone. He's back from Paris […] Zoe. O go on! Give us some parleyvoo.”

“[O]ne of these d—d Parlivoos will go farther with some women in a day, than an Englishman in a month—all owing to their impudence; for a common man has as much impudence in France as a man-midwife has in England.”

“We were hardy British tars who had pity on a poor Parley-voo”

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