What does tete-a-tete mean?

tete-a-tete

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

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"Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tete-a-tete was over."
"“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.”"

tete-a-tetes (plural)

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