But, Sir, as I am in haſte, we had better refer the Diſpute at preſent—any other Time I am at your Service for a Confab of a few Hours—I ſhall run thro' my Buſineſs with as brief Prolixity as poſſible— …

[January 4, 1810.] … At six to la Baronne Knebel, chez lui Princess Caroline. Tea and cheerful confab.

Some confab followed, and I overheard enough to tell me that a scouting party had come in, bringing a prisoner.

The delegates must, of course, hold endless private confabs before they meet in order to take any formal action.

A few unexpected nerves took over as we waited to board the São Paulo plane. Phone calls and confabs behind the scenes between officials holding the pile of passports had us worried.

Soom after the Illinois governor won the 1952 Democratic Party nomination, [Harry] Golden fired off several witty memos to Stevenson [i.e., Adlai Stevenson II], who in turn invited him to come to Springfield for a campaign speech-writing confab.

[…] The princess confab also leads into a scene featuring Vanellope and the cast of Slaughter Race that probably shouldn't be spoiled.

On a blistering afternoon earlier this month, Jessay Martin, 68, headed across the street for the usual poolside confab, stopping to grab a Bud Light Seltzer Pineapple from the fridge on his way out to the patio.

[T]o mak conquests o' bits o' lasses, ye would hae been sitting in your forlorn chair, confabbing wi' Jock, about whether by rope, or gun, was the easiest way o' deeing.

He had actually argued and "confabbed" with a strange jeweller, and he had asked him questions about his wife; his delicate little Hélène!

We had a cold supper, and then Bill and me walked out on the prairie, to confab a little about what was ahead.

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