Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of upon the tapis.
And a sudden chorus of “Oh noes,” uttered ironically by the other boys, brought Aunt Belle on the tapis, with a stern admonition to be quiet.
1884, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Robert Ord's Atonement, page 2161 more example
"Well, I must say, it is a comfort to have any body like you about one, Helen, for Georgiana (...) is really over head and ears in love with that sailor (...); she thinks of nothing else, I am convinced, though the most spirit-stirring affair in the world is on the tapis—your brother Glentworth's election.
1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 165
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