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Meanings of popular parlance in English

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Usage of popular parlance in English
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Naturally, she'd heard that Grandpa was called 'the Preacher' in popular parlance.
The preacher
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It's also endlessly quotable, with characters dispensing terminology that's since passed into popular parlance.
The Guardian
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In popular parlance, Jenkin was a dab at everything.
Heroes of the Telegraph
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This operation, in popular parlance, is termed porging.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and ...
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In popular parlance, these localities are said to contain "people who play pranks" (narod shalit).
Russia
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Many of the things he was writing about were so new that they hadn't entered popular parlance.
The Irish Times
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One has already fallen into popular parlance.
The Irish Times
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Florine knew Raoul's "uncle." The word meant usury, as in popular parlance "aunt" means pawn.
A Daughter of Eve
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He also loved the fact that in popular parlance he had been given the nickname of The Preacher.
The preacher
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Thus is summed up, in popular parlance, the policy of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service.
The Mastery of the Air
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The "butterfly effect" stuck in popular parlance.
Wired
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But, as stated above, Madam Winthrop was rather capricious and, in popular parlance, she "kept him guessing."
Woman's Life in Colonial Days
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The Friponne, as it was styled in popular parlance, was the immense magazine established by the Grand Company of Traders in New France.
The Golden Dog
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The word 'myth', for example, is often used as a synonym for a lie: in popular parlance, a myth is something that is not true.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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In fact, just as strong desire goes by the name of passion in popular parlance, so mental obliquity on a grand scale is entitled madness.
The Memorabilia
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Popular parlance through the time