coffee hour
noun
1
: a usually fixed occasion of informal meeting and chatting at which refreshments are served
2
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Former bullies, church ladies, and fellow theater kids crowded him in the fellowship room at coffee hour.
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Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
Our church has done away with its coffee hour that was the main way to keep up with members.
—Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Ask your son to give you a ride and stay for coffee hour.
—Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
The December coffee hour is on the 16.
—courant.com, 3 Dec. 2021
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Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2025
Our church has done away with its coffee hour that was the main way to keep up with members.
—Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Ask your son to give you a ride and stay for coffee hour.
—Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
The December coffee hour is on the 16.
—courant.com, 3 Dec. 2021
See All Example Sentences for coffee hour
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“Coffee hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20hour. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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