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idle talk

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Noun1.idle talk - idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
blether, chin music, prate, prattle
chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak, cackle - noisy talk


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The financial difficulty of it, presenting also a human problem, was solved by a mind much too simple to be perplexed by anything in the world except men's idle talk for which it was not adapted.
Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Fortunately, D'Artagnan was not a man to listen to the idle talk of those around him, or to the comments that were made on himself.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
"Forget our idle talk, Izz," he said, turning the horse's head suddenly.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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