coffee hour

American  

noun

1. an informal gathering of people at which coffee and refreshments are served.

2. coffee break.

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Etymology

Origin of coffee hour

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

I was there with two friends I had not seen in a long time, and we three were delighted to learn that someone had already paid for our coffee hour!

From Seattle Times

Amouranth, one of the world's best-known streamers, claimed on The Iced Coffee Hour podcast in June that she can make up to $15,000 from a sleep stream.

From BBC

Such changes do not impress Jim Napolitano, 68, and other longtime East Boston residents who were holding court in the back of a neighborhood market on Wednesday morning, as Ms. Wu held a community coffee hour at a playground a few blocks away.

From New York Times

Greeting residents at the well-attended coffee hour in East Boston, bundled up in a hooded sweatshirt bearing the name of a neighborhood soup kitchen, Ms. Wu listened intently as one after another lined up to voice concerns.

From New York Times

Ask your son to give you a ride and stay for coffee hour.

From Washington Post