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
That was the Arkansas planter years ago, before the great sentimental storm swept down upon him, before an evening's tea-table talk in Massachusetts became a tornado of iron in Virginia.
From An Arkansas Planter by Read, Opie Percival
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
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)
