Antonyms for parlance

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pahr-luh ns

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr ləns

Definition of parlance

Origin : 1570s, "speaking, speech," especially in debate; 1787 as "way of speaking," from Anglo-French (c.1300) and Old French parlance, from Old French parlaunce, from parler "to speak" (see parley).

noun idiom

Example sentences :

It was a case, in the parlance of thieves and police, of “rail-roading.”
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

There is my cradle, after the flesh; my native land—in the parlance of the men of these days!
Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France

They took me by surprise—in Western parlance, got the drop on me.
Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss

A term singularly, but very often, misapplied in parlance for orbit.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

They all went to church Sabbath morning, in the old Puritan parlance.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Boston » by Amanda Millie Douglas

In the parlance of the saints you do 'want to keep your lamps lit.'
Extract from : « Play the Game! » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

“They” in Percival parlance alluded to the various tenants on the estate.
Extract from : « A College Girl » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

A combe, in west of England parlance, is a deep, ravinelike valley.
Extract from : « In Unfamiliar England » by Thomas Dowler Murphy

In the parlance of the Lieutenant, the old horse was indeed "a ripper."
Extract from : « Wanderings in India » by John Lang

Mary of Magdala had been, according to the parlance of the age, possessed with seven devils.
Extract from : « The Apostles » by Ernest Renan

Synonyms for parlance

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