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noun

informal conversation at meals.

a subject that is considered appropriate for conversation at meals.

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Origin of table talk

First recorded in 1560–70

Words nearby table talk

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How to use table talk in a sentence

A splendid take on the Desert Island Disc format, but adding some questionable dinner choices and hilarious table talk.
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What celebrity has started to talk about his or her eating disorder?
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Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.
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Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Surely all this graphic talk of gastrointestinal distress is making you queasy.
Why My Norovirus Panic Makes Me Sick|Lizzie Crocker|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
And is this a mere fantastic talk, or is this a thing that could be done and that ought to be done?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for table talk

table talk

noun

informal conversation on a range of topics, as that at table during and after a meal

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table talk

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