tete a tete

English

Noun

tete a tete (plural tete a tetes)

  1. Alternative form of tête-à-tête
    • 1817 (date written), Jane Austen, chapter 12, in R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, editor, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC, pages 168–169:
      Among other points of moralising reflection which the sight of this Tete a Tete produced, Charlotte cd not but think of the extreme difficulty which secret Lovers must have in finding a proper spot for their stolen Interveiws.[sic]
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