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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A turning or winding.

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Examples

  • The steward was taken aback by the turn in the con - versation, then at the claim.

    Stalling 2010

  • The adult con n versation still surged across the table, but Rory listened in on Shelly and Zack to the best of his ability.

    Dolls Paul de Denus 2010

  • I think it's just a matter that "the previous government" has gone from being a criticism to being a verbal tic, a kind of induced Tourette's syndrome in which Conservative boilerplate is inserted into Con-versation whether appropriate or not.

    Dear Reform Party of Canda: At what point are things YOUR fault? CC 2009

  • This post stems from an e-versation I had this past weekend with a respected blogger-in-the-biz after lamenting that we had less than a dozen entries in our WU AlphaSmart 3000 contest, even though about a gazillion people visited to read all about it.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writer Unboxed: Defined 2006

  • Bill, I agree with Sylvia's comments about how you reported on the conversation taking place on my blog, kind of a meta-versation.

    expertise and historical perspective Bill Kerr 2007

  • Fela-versation took place at the National Arts Theatre on Wednesday the 23rd.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2006

  • Fela-versation took place at the National Arts Theatre on Wednesday the 23rd.

    Fela! Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2006

  • She was ex-ceeding cheerful: she supported her part of the con versation during the whole evening, with her usual vivacity and good sense, insomuch that I wished to myself, I had departed sooner.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • ‘She even congratu-lates me, on your brother’s account, from the con versation that passed between him and her.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • The wagon stopped abruptly, and he heard animated con - versation.

    Flint, the King Kirchoff, Mary 2003

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