chit chat
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Noun
chit chat (countable and uncountable, plural chit chats)
- Alternative spelling of chit-chat
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 34–35:
- On these matters of chit chat occurring, Mary always came forward with ready assistance, so far as her recollection or reading enabled her; for, when Isabella had said, "that was before I was born, I believe," a blank shadow seemed to spread over the fine countenance of her husband, and he would fall into a fit of silent musing, indicating disappointment, or ennui.