tete-a-tete

tete-a-tete (plural tete-a-tetes)

1. Alternative form of tête-à-tête
   • 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, page 226:

     From the tete-a-tete 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 Hotgooſe.

   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice, volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], →OCLC, page 29:

     Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tete-a-tete was over.

   • 1869–1870, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter VIII, in An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1870, →OCLC:

     “Such a cunning teakettle and saucepan, and a tete-a-tete set, and lots of good things to eat. Do have toast for tea, Polly, and let me make it with the new toasting fork; it's such fun to play cook.”

tete-a-tete c

1. Alternative form of tête-à-tête

• tete-a-tete in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tete-a-tete in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tete-a-tete in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)