tea-table talk
Example Sentences
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Gradually, as Philip became a fixture in the family circle, his name crept into Elizabeth's tea-table talk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why, Gaites, you'll be the tea-table talk for a week; you'll be married to that girl before you know it.
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by Howells, William Dean
The question ceased to be a tea-table talk, and became suddenly tragically real for Ann Veronica.
From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
As likewise to genuine and authorised tea-table talk, such as mending of fashions, spoiling reputations, railing at absent friends, and so forth.
From The Way of the World by Congreve, William
"What a perfectly gruesome subject for tea-table talk," he said lightly, and beckoned the head-waiter.
From The Green Rust by Wallace, Edgar
