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Definition

To sit down for a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order to relax or to engage in casual conversation.

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In Context

  • "[S]he declined his invitation to "Come up and see the old woman and set a spell.""
  • ""You might as well set down," remarked Miss Hitty, with a new gentleness of manner. "I'm going to set a spell.""
  • "Hank's Hardware is one of those quintessentially American places. . . . Hank's is a place where people can set a spell, but it is also a business, competing in the ever-tightening hardware marketplace."
  • "In this country community, we enjoy our neighbors as we never could before. There is time to set a spell and talk about the weather, family and days gone by."
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Also Said As

  • visit a spell