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单词 palaver tree
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palaver tree
palaver tree n.
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1789 Abridgem. Minutes Evid. Comm. Slave-trade (House of Commons) 58 Has learnt from the natives, that, on trials for witchcrast, the principal people assemble under the palaver-tree.
1824 H. Kilham Jrnl. 30 June (1837) ix. 252 A large assembly of Mandingoes..collected under the great palaver-tree,..according to their Mahomedan profession.
1917 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 733/2 In the midst of the open space stood a great baobab—evidently the ‘palaver’ tree, beneath which the village council assembled.
1993 Lang. in Society 22 550 Elderly men, sitting under the palaver tree, are well situated for observing what is happening in the village.
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