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
"What a perfectly gruesome subject for tea-table talk," he said lightly, and beckoned the head-waiter.
From The Green Rust by Wallace, Edgar
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)
