table-talk

A form of table talk — Conversation, especially of an informal or somewhat gossipy nature, among a group seated together for a meal or other social activity.

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Meanings

nountable-talk (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of table talk.

    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.

    1920 March – 1921 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published 1921, →OCLC
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    [T]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.

    1874, Edward Payson Roe, chapter 33, in Opening a Chestnut Burr
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