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Scandal-brothTea. The reference is to the gossip held by some of the womenkind over their “cups which cheer but not inebriate.” Also called “Chatter-broth.” “`I proposed to my venerated visitor. to summon my ... housekeeper
... with the tea-equipage but he rejected my proposal with disdain
...' `No scandal-broth,' he exclaimed, `No unidea'd woman's chatter
for me.' ” — Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Scandal-broth from Infoplease:
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