The Only Use
palaver
in
Things Fall Apart
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- He often asked them to hold such palavers, as he called them.†
p. 193.2palavers = talkers
Definitions:
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(1)
(palaver) talk -- typically empty talk or flattery
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly (and sometimes more specifically), palaver can refer to:
- a long talk or meeting
- excessive talk to no good end or to a meeting with such talk
- anything that is a bother or waste of time