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‖ kaffeeklat(s)ch|ˈkafeːklatʃ|
Also with hyphen or as two words, and with capital initial(s).
[G., f. kaffee coffee + klatsch gossip.]
Gossip over coffee cups; a coffee party; cf. coffee klatsch (s.v. coffee n. 5 b). Hence kaffeeklatscher n., kaffeeklatsching vbl. n. Cf. klatsch.
1888in A. Randall-Diehl 2000 Words & Definitions. 1903Current Opinion Aug. 205/2 She usually operates as an amateur, appearing at Kaffeeklatsches. 1906S. Ford Shorty McCabe 111 He let it out one day after we'd had our little kaffee klatch with the gloves. 1911International (N.Y.) July 35/2 Theatrical Kaffeeklatsch has now absorbed the space where once the redoubtable Charles Edward fought his battles. 1919F. Hurst Humoresque 322 They're a darn sight better than the wads of respectability I see waddlin' in here to swap Kaffee Klatsches with you! 1936H. Miller Black Spring 134 It's the hour of the kaffee-klatchers sitting around the family table. 1956W. H. Whyte Organization Man (1957) xxii. 286 Dot will be Kaffee-klatsching and sun-bathing with the girls. 1958M. West Second Victory i. 5 They came in summer to take the waters, to sit on the terrace for Kaffeeklatsch. 1969R. Lockridge Murder in False Face ix. 112 If [he]..wants a morning kaffee-klatch it's all right with me. 1972J. Williams Home Fronts xiii. 233 The traditional friendly Kaffeeklatsch—the afternoon coffee party with friends. |