"tete-a-tete" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 29:",
          "text": "Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tete-a-tete was over.",
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          "ref": "1869–1870, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter VIII, in An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1870, →OCLC:",
          "text": "“Such a cunning teakettle and saucepan, and a tete-a-tete set, and lots of good things to eat. Do have toast for tea, Polly, and let me make it with the new toasting fork; it's such fun to play cook.”",
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        "Alternative form of tête-à-tête"
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