tête-à-têtes

Noun

tête-à-tête (plural tête-à-têtes)

1. A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.
   • From the tête-à-tête with Mr. Thomas Tough, ſhe goes to her deſk again, and begins to write "With what appetite ſhe may," in the forlorn hope of procuring from her bookſeller part of the money ſhe has been compelled to promiſe to the ſaid Thomas's peremptory demands, on behalf of Mr. Humphrey...1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter XI, in The Banished Man. […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, pages 225–226

   Synonyms:

   head-to-head

2. A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face, especially one that is S-shaped.

   Synonyms:

   confidante, conversation bench, courting bench, kissing bench, love seat, vis-à-vis

3. A variety of early flowering, fragrant daffodil.

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