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spiel verb to talk, especially at length; to patter US, 1894- One day while he was spieling about his dope, Mike called me over to straighten this gunman out with some golden-leaf and lowrate him once and for all. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 94, 1946
- [H]e spieled with twinkling eyes, his lips working rapidly. — Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, p. 176, 1947
- I’ve seen you around and heard you spiel, that’s all. — George Mandel, Flee the Angry Strangers, p. 5, 1948
- “I’m starving for some carving of beef for a thief,” spieled Eddie. — Dan Burley, Diggeth Thou?, p. 9, 1959
- John 15X continues spieling ... watching closely as Bam and Baby June lean against each other in pure misery[.] — Odie Hawkins, Ghetto Sketches, p. 209, 1972
- Everyone in the room leaned forward a bit as Father Love opened his mouth to spiel. — Donald Goines, The Busting Out of an Ordinary Man, p. 76, 1985
- Murikami spieled for a straight hour. — James Ellroy, Hollywood Nocturnes, p. 286, 1994
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