"talk story" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: talk stories [plural]
Etymology: Hawaiian pidgin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} talk story (plural talk stories)
  1. a chat at which the participants exchange stories
    Sense id: en-talk_story-en-noun-GAw4cm0P

Verb

Forms: talk stories [present, singular, third-person], talk storying [participle, present], talk storied [participle, past], talk storied [past]
Etymology: Hawaiian pidgin. Head templates: {{en-verb}} talk story (third-person singular simple present talk stories, present participle talk storying, simple past and past participle talk storied)
  1. to chat by exchanging stories
    Sense id: en-talk_story-en-verb-tfvGxAXT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66

Inflected forms

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