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Rpsh Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Drawing Room Prattle

But LaFitte’s early training and education stayed with him, and he was esteemed as a complete gentleman, wit, and master of drawing room prattle.

Could tell me what it means? I know the meaning of prattle if it's not a idiom here.
  

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drawing room In big, old-fashioned houses, a large and elegant room in which people gathered in the evening for conversation. prattle unimportant chatter The basic idea here is that LaFitte knew how to fit easily into polite society. Clive

  • drawing room In big, old-fashioned houses, a large and elegant room in which people gathered in the evening for conversation.
  • prattle unimportant chatter The basic idea here is that LaFitte knew how to fit easily into polite society.
  • Clive
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drawing room In big, old-fashioned houses, a large and elegant room in which people gathered in the evening for conversation.

prattle unimportant chatter

The basic idea here is that LaFitte knew how to fit easily into polite society.

Clive
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rpshI know the meaning of prattle if it's not a idiom here.
It's not an idiom. It's really 'prattle' (that takes place in a drawing room).

CJ
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Get it! Thank you!

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