subs. phr. (colloquial).—1. A corrupt dialect; jargon. Whence (2) chatter; verbiage. Also TALKY-TALKY.
1810. SOUTHEY, To John May, 5 Dec. The TALKEE TALKEE of the slaves in the sugar islands.
c. 1812. EDGEWORTH, Vivian, x. There’s a woman, now, who thinks of nothing living but herself! All TALKEE TALKEE! I begin to be weary of her.
1854. PHILLIPS, Essays, ii. 280. A style of language for which the inflated bulletins of Napoleon, the TALKEE-TALKEE of a North American Indian, and the song of Deborah might each have stood as a model.
1883. The Saturday Review, 10 Feb., 189. These Essays … are very ‘TALKY-TALKY.’
