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facon de parler



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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)

This may be said to be literally true and not a facon de parler, as I once killed an elk that jumped through a window.

From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

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

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




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