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coffee morning

British  

noun

  1. a social event (often held in order to raise money) at which coffee is served

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Betty celebrated with tea and cake at her local church coffee morning.

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The service begins on 4 June with a coffee morning every Wednesday between 09:00 and 12:00.

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Every Saturday, she now holds a coffee morning at her cottage with everyone chipping in to donate money.

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"I've decided that now we have a newly decorated meeting room I'm going to see if we can get together a bit more. Start with a coffee morning and some homemade scones. We'll take it from there."

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He first got involved with their cases in 2009, when he met former sub-postmaster Jo Hamilton at a constituency coffee morning.

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