table-talk

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English

Noun

table-talk (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of table talk
    • 1874, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 33, in Opening a Chestnut Burr:
      hey all came out to supper. She was also pleased to see how Gregory toned up the table-talk and skilfully led it away from disagreeable topics.
    • 1920 March – 1921 February, P G Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, publishers , published 1921, →OCLC:
      He ate like a starving Eskimo. The growing boy evidently did not believe in table-talk when he could use his mouth for more practical purposes.