kaffeeklatschn.
/ˈkafeɪklatʃ/ Gossip over coffee cups; a coffee party; cf. coffee-klatsch n. at coffee n. Compounds 2. Cf. klatsch n.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > tea- or coffee-party
tea1738
tea-visit1765
tea-party1778
tea-drinking1781
thé1788
tea junketing1820
tea-night1823
cookie shine1830
tea-shine1838
tea-fight1849
tea soirée1850
muffin-worry1859
muffin-fight1876
coffee-party1886
kaffeeklatsch1888
bun-worry1889
train tea1895
tea-meeting1897
bun-struggle1899
silver tea1921
bunfight1928
klatsch1953
coffee morning1962
1888 in A. Randall-Diehl Two Thousand Words
1903 Current Lit. Aug. 205/2 She usually operates as an amateur, appearing at Kaffeeklatsches.
1906 S. Ford Shorty McCabe iv. 111 He let it out one day after we'd had our little kaffee klatch with the gloves.
1911 International (N.Y.) July 35/2 Theatrical Kaffeeklatsch has now absorbed the space where once the redoubtable Charles Edward fought his battles.
1919 F. 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!
1958 M. West Second Victory i. 5 They came in summer to take the waters, to sit on the terrace for Kaffeeklatsch.
1969 R. Lockridge Murder in False Face ix. 112 If [he]..wants a morning kaffee-klatch it's all right with me.
1972 J. Williams Home Fronts xiii. 233 The traditional friendly Kaffeeklatsch—the afternoon coffee party with friends.
Derivatives
kaffeeklatscher n.
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1936 H. Miller Black Spring 134 It's the hour of the kaffee-klatchers sitting around the family table.
kaffeeklatsching n.
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1956 W. H. Whyte Organization Man (1957) xxii. 286 Dot will be Kaffee-klatsching and sun-bathing with the girls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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