Meaning of parlez-vous | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Examples

“At first we greeted them from sheer pity; but the parlez-vouses passed us like⟳ so many surly oxen.”

“The Parlez-vouses charged us a franc a trunk for the privilege of ransacking, and then we took the steamer to Honfleur, where a carriage met us, and brought us to this pretty spot, about which I’ll tell⟳ you anon.”

“Red and green sweaters, leather jackets, trousers that have⟳ long since lost all originality but that of the owner, so hitched and sagged and rolled up are they, gray yarn socks, and yellow moccasins—these bind⟳ about and encumber what seems to be the jolliest crowd of “Parlez-vouses” on earth.”

““Parlez-vouses or our own⟳ men?” demanded the Squire in a business-like tone.”

“Carol Foord of N.Y.C. is the lucky fiancée of Ham Hazlehurst, pursuing his parlez-vouses at the Sorbonne.”

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