facon de parler

Example Sentences

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But you're so matter-of-fact, archdeacon, when it suits your purpose, that one can't trust oneself to any facon de parler.

From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony

You're misled, no doubt, by a mere playful facon de parler, which society indulges in.

From The British Barbarians by Allen, Grant

I only told him I should be at home as a sort of facon de parler.

From The Native Born or, the Rajah's People by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)

He told me afterwards that it was only a facon de parler, but I was angry.

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford

I may speak of it as my place, but that is merely a facon de parler; it isn't necessary to explain to everybody that it's my mother's.

From The Market-Place by Frederic, Harold