See Also: talkee-talkee(dictionary)

saucery (iou) and talkee-talkee (iou)


saucery (iou)



saucery noun. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
[Old French sausserie, medieval Latin salsaria, from Old French sausse, medieval Latin salsa SAUCE noun: see -ERY.]
A section of servants in a household entrusted with the preparation of sauces; the part of a house in which sauces were prepared.

talkee-talkee (iou)



talkee-talkee noun. colloq. E19.
[Redupl. of TALK noun1 + -EE2.]
Any of various English-based pidgins or creoles, esp. in the W. Indies; spec. Taki-Taki. E19.
Talk; esp. small-talk, chatter, continuous prattling. derog. E19.
attrib.: T. H. Huxley The discourses are..lessons and not talkee-talkee lectures.