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• coffee klatsch
  coffee klatsch

  noun

  a social gathering for informal conversation at which coffee is served.
• coffee-klatsch
  coffee-klatsch

  verb (used without object)

  to gather for a coffee klatsch.

coffee klatsch

¹ American  

[klach, klahch] / klætʃ, klɑtʃ /

Also coffee klatch,

noun

1. a social gathering for informal conversation at which coffee is served.

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coffee-klatsch ² American  

[kaw-fee-klach, -klahch, kof-ee-] / ˈkɔ fiˌklætʃ, -ˌklɑtʃ, ˈkɒf i- /

Or coffee-klatch

verb (used without object)

1. to gather for a coffee klatsch.

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Etymology

Origin of coffee klatsch¹

1880–85; < German Kaffeeklatsch, equivalent to Kaffee coffee + Klatsch noise (e.g., of conversation)

Origin of coffee-klatsch²

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Passers-by, however, barely glanced inside at the high-powered coffee klatsch, which Mr. Greenberg compared to Art Kane's classic 1958 portrait of jazz musicians in Harlem, though he confessed he didn't recognize anyone in the room.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2012