coffee klatsch

¹

[ klach, klahch ]

noun

1. a social gathering for informal conversation at which coffee is served.

coffee-klatsch

²

or cof·fee-klatch

[ kaw-fee-klach, -klahch, kof-ee- ]

verb (used without object)

1. to gather for a coffee klatsch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coffee klatsch¹

1880–85; < German Kaffeeklatsch, equivalent to Kaffee coffee + Klatsch noise (e.g., of conversation)

Origin of coffee klatsch²

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Now it’s more of a coffee klatsch between two raunchy feminists.

From Slate

Natasha Kurdyukova, a documentary filmmaker before her country was engulfed in turmoil, is another regular in the frenetic daily coffee klatsch at KoKave.

From Seattle Times

Natasha Kurdyukova, a documentary filmmaker before her country was engulfed in turmoil, is another regular in the frenetic daily coffee klatsch at KoKave.

From Seattle Times

Natasha Kurdyukova, a documentary filmmaker before her country was engulfed in turmoil, is another regular in the frenetic daily coffee klatsch at KoKave.

From Los Angeles Times

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