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English
Noun
smoothtalker (plural smoothtalkers)
- Alternative form of smooth talker.
1981 April, Matt Braun, chapter 4, in Tombstone (Luke Starbuck; 3), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 41:Over the years, Starbuck had become something of an actor. His undercover work, by necessity, dictated that he assume various roles and disguises. Tonight, he was acting the part of a convivial smoothtalker. He was gregarious, outwardly charming, and presented himself as an affable jokester.
1997, Vron Ware, “Purity and danger: race, gender and tales of sex”, in Angela McRobbie, editor, Back to Reality? Social Experience and Cultural Studies, Manchester; New York, N.Y.: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, part 2 (Bodies, images and music), page 139:Her account is framed by the sentence ‘As I soaked up the sun on the beach, the smoothtalkers showed why they are so successful’ and ends with ‘But I’m one woman who didn’t fall under the black magic spell . . . the photographer and I had a job to do’.
2016, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, translated by Howard Curtis and Katherine Gregor, chapter 8, in The Carousel of Desire, New York, N.Y.: Europa Editions, →ISBN, part 1 (Annunciation), page 88:“A bastard? What would you prefer? A hypocrite? A guy who says things without believing a word of them? A guy who cries, ‘You’re the love of my life,’ and then goes and sleeps with another girl?” / “That’s a horrible thing to say.” / “No, it’s honest. You seem to prefer a smoothtalker, not someone who tells the truth.”