Question

palaver — O, then, said Gabriel gaily, I suppose we'll be going to your wedding one of these fine days with your young man, eh?The girl glanced back at him over her shoulder and said with great bitterness:— The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.

Accepted Answer

n. Unnecessary prolonged and idle discussion. Dubliners, "The Dead", p. 202

Word	palaver
Definition	n. Unnecessary prolonged and idle discussion.
Sentence	— O, then, said Gabriel gaily, I suppose we'll be going to your wedding one of these fine days with your young man, eh? The girl glanced back at him over her shoulder and said with great bitterness: — The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.
Source	Dubliners, "The Dead", p. 202

Palaver N Unnecessary Prolonged Idle Discussion O Gabriel