| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| parlance |
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| SYLLABICATION: | par·lance |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pär l ns |
| NOUN: | 1. A particular manner of speaking; idiom: legal parlance. 2. Speech, especially a conversation or parley. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle French, from Old French, from parler, to speak. See parley.
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