causerie

Whatever was the nature of His Majesty's causerie he arrived at Santander seemingly more spruce and sprightly than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had lived much in Paris, where he studied impressionism and perfected his natural talent for causerie, and his inborn preference for the hedonistic view of life.

From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

Mademoiselle," he returned tremulously, "when I wrote the causerie you refer to, my interest in you was purely the interest of a journalist, so for that I do not deserve your thanks.

From A Chair on the Boulevard by Merrick, Leonard

He speaks without notes; for, indeed, such a causerie spins itself, like a sailor's yarn, though out of finer materials.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

Contradiction is the privilege of camaraderie and the essence of causerie.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

His plays are witty, caustic causeries of a decadent society.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the urbane veteran of perhaps 100 diplomatic causeries in the last ten months, Mr. Davis could afford to ignore the implication of naivete.

From Time Magazine Archive

He and his wife spoke English with a strong foreign accent; in their more intimate causeries they dropped into Yiddish.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

Look here, Helena," he said, "I've been feeling I was a bit of a brute about those causeries of yours.

From Helena Brett's Career by Coke, Desmond

Clarétie, Jules, a French journalist, novelist, dramatic author, and critic, born at Limoges; has published some 40 volumes of causeries, history, and fiction; appointed Director of the Theatre Français in 1893; b.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin