fast talkern.
/ˌfɑːs(t) ˈtɔːkə/, /ˌfas(t) ˈtɔːkə/, /ˈfɑːs(t) ˌtɔːkə/, /ˈfas(t) ˌtɔːkə/, U.S. /ˌfæs(t) ˈtɔkər/, /ˌfæs(t) ˈtɑkər/, /ˈfæs(t) ˌtɔkər/, /ˈfæs(t) ˌtɑkər/ colloquial.
A person who talks rapidly, esp. in order to mislead, persuade, or manipulate others.
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1833 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 21 Dec. 753 A mere mathematical judge is a savage; a mere classical one a coxcomb; a mere fast talker is an advocate on the bench.
1854 Launceston (Tasmania) Examiner 4 Mar. 2/5 Blackwood's motto, however, ought not to be lost sight of, as it is calculated to check many fast talkers.
1858 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 28 June One of them..was what might be called a ‘fast talker’. He told of his extensive business connections in the East, with so much plausibility, that he worked himself into the confidence of one of our principal merchants.
1952 Phylon 13 189 This attitude of political impotence is reinforced by the traditional distrust of the politician as a fast talker and dispenser of worthless promises.
2019 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Apr. 6 He's a charlatan, he's a fast talker, he's a comedian and he sells you swamp land.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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