Citations:coffee klatch

English citations of coffee klatch

1. A social gathering for conversation while drinking coffee.
   • 1970, Jean Anderson, Fred Ferguson, “Police–community Relations Coffee Klatch Program”, in Law Enforcement Science and Technology III: Proceedings of the Third National Symposium on Law Enforcement Science and Technology, [Chicago, Ill.]: ITT Research Institute, →OCLC, chapter title, page 273:

     Police–community relations coffee klatch program

   • 2000, Robert A. Palmatier, Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms, Westport, Conn., London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 72:

     COFFEE BREAK […] The term prob. derives from Ger. Kaffeeklatsch (MWCD [Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary]: 1888), lit., "coffee gossip," which denoted a more structured gathering of neighborhood housewives socalizing over coffee. The Ger. term has been Americanized as coffee klatch (MWCD: 1895) and updated as coffee hour (MWCD: 1952), usu. scheduled period, following a meeting, for relaxation, conversation, and refreshments.