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Meanings of talk of the town in English

Portuguese
fofoca
Catalan
xafardeig
Spanish
conventillo

Idle gossip or rumor.

fofoca
Usage of talk of the town in English
1
Describes the years Berge and Saint-Laurent were the talk of the town.
The new yorker
2
Still, he acknowledged, the Bravo program is the talk of the town.
Reuters
3
We hear something of the talk of the town, and that says-
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
4
The murder of the boy had been the talk of the town.
The hangman's daughter
5
The investment case Commercial property is the talk of the town.
The Irish Times
6
SM: The stiletto nails are currently the talk of the town.
Ebony
7
The truth is, I never expected to be the talk of the town.
Wired
8
The Beckett on Film project is the talk of the town.
The Irish Times
9
They're the talk of the town wherever they go in Japan.
Radio NZ
10
Those radio commercials you sang were the talk of the town.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
11
For a whole fortnight this catastrophe was the sole talk of the town.
A Hungarian Nabob
12
Just to think, she has been the talk of the town!
Clemence / The Schoolmistress of Waveland
13
It was the talk of the town, it was the talk of the territory.
Sketches New and Old
14
It was the talk of the town for the next day-andthe following eight.
Paul Kelver
15
She was the talk of the town, the heroine of the newest divorce case.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
16
The ghost's antics had been the talk of the town when I lived here.
The Book of Life
Translations for talk of the town
Portuguese
fofoca