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old talk
(old talk)
West Indian
noun
[
mass noun
]
small talk; chatter:
they would start big old talk with the travellers
empty or insincere talk:
the old talk and empty promises by the politicians
verb
(
old-talk
)
[
no object
]
engage in chatter or insincere talk:
sometimes when we old-talking so I does wonder about the boys
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