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talk story
 v. phr.— «The workers would lunch together in the fields, “talking story” (another uniquely local term) and inevitably sharing each other’s homemade meals.» —“Maui’s Mixed Plate” by Bruce Sach Epoch Times Jan. 31, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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