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
“And have my proceedings and follies really served as tea-table talk to the New Orleans’ gossips?” said I. “Don’t let that annoy you,” replied Ménou.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
His voice was hard and unsympathetic, and his contributions to the tea-table talk had been almost negligible.
From The Zeppelin's Passenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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
