"coffee talk" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-coffee talk.ogg [Australia] Forms: coffee talks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} coffee talk (usually uncountable, plural coffee talks)
  1. (idiomatic) Informal conversation among friends or acquaintances, of the kind that occurs in a casual gathering where people sit together and drink coffee. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable, usually Related terms: coffee klatch
    Sense id: en-coffee_talk-en-noun-0Ha14Xn4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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