Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stake (one's money, together with that won by it, on another bet); also, double one's stake. See
parley . - noun In faro and similar games, and in the United States in horse-racing also, the act of applying the money staked and the money won on a bet in continuing to bet or as a further stake; also, the staking of double the sum just staked. In the United States usually called
parley . Seeparley .
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Examples
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I went 'paroli', and at the second deal I broke the bank.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 13: Holland and Germany Giacomo Casanova 1761
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I went 'paroli', and at the second deal I broke the bank.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Can I speak to | _Ĉu mi povas paroli al | choo mee po'vahss
Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation William W. Mann
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Esperanto, thus: _Mi ne povas bone paroli_, mee'y nay'ee poh'ŏŏ-vah (r) ss boh'ŏŏ-nehy pah (r) - roh'ŏŏ-leey, immediately reveals the nationality of the speaker.
Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation William W. Mann
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"Cxu tiu viro volas paroli al mi?" demandis Diogeno per lauxta vocxo.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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Post kelkaj minutoj ni komencis paroli pri aliaj aferoj.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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Oni devus pensi antaux ol paroli, one ought to think before speaking.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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Mi povis paroli, I was able to talk, I could talk.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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The Sept-et-le-va was the first great chance that showed the advantages of the game, namely, if the player had won the couch, and then made a paroli by crooking the corner of his card, and going on to a second chance, if his winning card turned up again it became a sept-et-le-va, which was seven times as much as he had laid upon his card.
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The Pay, which was when the player had won the couch, and, being doubtful of making the paroli, left off; for by going the pay, if the card turned up wrong, he lost nothing, having won the couch before; but if by this adventure fortune favoured him, he won double the money he had staked.
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