Verb (used without object) : They spent the morning confabbing over coffee in my office. From Dictionary.com.
The confab is the biggest event of its kind in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Snore! New Yorkers Say Vegas Retail Confab a Snoozer] Reference
The young ladies were sitting by the emptied hampers, deep in confab. From Wordnik.com. [Melbourne House] Reference
Raising shot glasses of Prohibition whiskey, the confab was a toast to. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
In late October, Oprah called a confab in Los Angeles and met with everyone associated with OWN. From Wordnik.com. [Deadline.com] Reference
Indeed, the Nicaraguan leader recently skipped a SICA meeting entirely, claiming the confab was a sham and had been designed and promoted by the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Nikolas Kozloff: U.S. Marines to Costa Rica: What's Behind the Story?] Reference
So Mary and Richards had a long "confab" together, and she went back home happy and smiling. From Wordnik.com. [As We Sweep Through The Deep] Reference
When he wanted a quiet 'confab' with Lance, one or both were sure to come strolling in and hang round, jerking out aimless remarks. From Wordnik.com. [Far to Seek A Romance of England and India] Reference
"Been having quite a confab," remarked the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
Cardinal confab at Vatican yields strange catechism. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Wisdom] Reference
Do you think, father dear, we could make a confab about him? '. From Wordnik.com. ['Me and Nobbles'] Reference
Now that she's back, Saunders plans to keep the "Ab Fab" confab going. From Wordnik.com. [Raise A Glass For 'Ab Fab'] Reference
"We shall have to go down and have a confab with them, I suppose," said. From Wordnik.com. [Edison's Conquest of Mars] Reference
Rose Alstine had been listening to the confab between himself and wife. From Wordnik.com. [Five Thousand Dollars Reward] Reference
He was at loss how to open the confab, but the Scarlet Boy saved him the trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Deadwood Dick, The Prince of the Road or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills] Reference
CROWLEY: Barack Obama got more than valuable advice during the White House confab. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 7, 2009] Reference
Iroquois steams out to meet her; their anchors drop, and they hold friendly confab. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
Switzer came anywhere near his German friends he'd be off having a confab with them. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm] Reference
Selwyn Schachat has relocated his African Art Warehouse downtown just for the confab. From Wordnik.com. [Going With Convention In San Diego] Reference
They went but a little way when they came to a full stop, and entered into a low confab. From Wordnik.com. [Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express] Reference
'We'll make a confab with Lady Is'bel about him when we get to her house,' suggested True. From Wordnik.com. ['Me and Nobbles'] Reference
Several former generals, many of them now TV analysts, coming to the Pentagon for a confab (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2006] Reference
One of them, sort of a confab with fund-raisers and then there's that Friday get together for voters. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2008] Reference
Will the April bipartisan Presidents 'Summit be Just another feel-good confab without concrete results?. From Wordnik.com. [Be Like Colin Powell] Reference
An hour's confab over cigarettes in that retired little den might clarify one atmosphere, if not another. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
"Alviry," he ordered, "you-all come hold this-hyar hoss, a leetle minute, whilst me an '' im has a confab.". From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
"I'm not one of your Rampart stooges, and I'll be damned if I waste my time at this corporate confab of yours.". From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
The confab is aimed at laying the groundwork for a new East Asian Community loosely modeled on the European Union. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Lonely Japan] Reference
Palin was the only one to actually make the news and emerge as a spokesperson for the annual confab and its goals. From Wordnik.com. [Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News] Reference
"You and Roger have been having a very long confab," remarked Isobel, looking up from the jumper she was knitting. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
Had one been near them at the closing of their confab, he would have heard this fragment of a conversation among them. From Wordnik.com. [Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival] Reference
Johnny himself was one of the governors, I gathered; as such he took part in a small, hurried confab in the smoking-room. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
With that, Bill got up and approached John, and they had another discreet confab, eyes darting and returning and settling. From Wordnik.com. [Chip's Bar] Reference
At bed-time, Miss Rolleston, contrary to her wont, entered Bluebell's room, hair-brush in hand, as if disposed for a cozy confab. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
'Wau-Wau' is a term, usually applied to a number of squaws gathering for a confab, and corresponds to the 'pow-wow' of the braves. From Wordnik.com. [The Meadow-Brook Girls Under Canvas] Reference
Mid-month, he is arriving in Washington for a Capitol Hill confab with friends and would-be supporters, a kind of highbrow listening tour. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2007] Reference
That the Sans were manifestly uneasy over the accident was evidenced by their gathering in Leslie Cairns 'room that afternoon for a confab. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
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