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klatsch

American

[klahch, klach] / klɑtʃ, klætʃ /

Or klatch

noun

a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation.

a sewing klatsch.

Etymology

Origin of klatsch

First recorded in 1950–55, klatsch is from the German word Klatsch chitchat, gossip

Example Sentences

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At times, it didn’t seem like Bannon wanted to be part of the Trump klatsch at all.

From Time • Aug. 18, 2017

This wasn’t a circus; it was a klatsch.

From Time • Sep. 15, 2016

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

As for the other two members of the Kennedy klatsch, their politics are harder to discern.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2012

By a very strange chance the ladies who meet at a klatsch are always good, pious, virtuous, and, above all, charitable.

From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie

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