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TETE-A-TETE

\tˈiːtɐtˈiːt], \tˈiːtɐtˈiːt], \t_ˈiː_t_ɐ_t_ˈiː_t]\

Definitions of TETE-A-TETE

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Together in private; (adj.) private, confidential; (n.) private interview or conversation usu. between two, sofa for two. [French]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

[Fr., L.] Head to head; a conference between two persons. In It. A quatro occhi.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

n. [French] In private;-a private conference or conversation;-a form of sofa for two persons, so curved that they are brought face to face while sitting on different sides of the sofa.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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