I love WordGenius’ Word of the Day and often try to use them in something I’m writing as a challenge to myself.  This one has appropriate connotations for us historical authors!

Chinwag

CHIN-wag

Part of Speech: noun

Origin: British English, late 19th Century

Definition: A chat

Usage in a sentence:

“I love having a chinwag with my friends and catching up on all the latest gossip.”

“Ursula looked forward to her weekly chinwag with the baker.”