| Front | kaffeeklatsch /KAH-fee-klach/ |
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| Back | noun An informal social gathering for coffee and conversation. [From German Kaffeeklatsch, from Kaffee (coffee) + Klatsch (gossip). Earliest documented use: 1888. The word has many spelling variants: kaffeeklatch, kaffee klatch, kaffee klatsch, coffeeklatsch, coffeeklatch, coffee klatsch, coffee klatch.] "I can always count on my monthly kaffeeklatsches with my fellow scribes to surface the news items that really matter." - Ruth Walker; The Real Regular and the New Normal; The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts); Jun 8, 2010. |
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