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
Veterans’ coffee hour will take place the 3rd Thursday of the month at 9 a.m., at the South Windsor Community Center, 150 Nevers Road. Hang out with other veterans, meet new friends and connect with old.
—Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2022
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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
Veterans’ coffee hour will take place the 3rd Thursday of the month at 9 a.m., at the South Windsor Community Center, 150 Nevers Road. Hang out with other veterans, meet new friends and connect with old.
—Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2022
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“Coffee hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20hour. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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