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cambric tea

American  

noun

  1. a mixture of hot water and milk, with sugar and, often, weak tea.


Etymology

Origin of cambric tea

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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New York's founding editor Clay Schuette Felker, 51, attended a public high school in Webster Groves, Mo., has never smoked and rarely drinks anything stronger than cambric tea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rumpled, testy Mark Rothko produces pictures as smooth and calm as a cup of cambric tea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just about as stimulating as a dish of cambric tea .

From Time Magazine Archive

"Is there going to be some cambric tea for this baby?" inquired Dr. Ballard.

From Jewel by Clara Louise Burnham

Fact is, I’ve always been fond of cambric tea, and this is just right.

From The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces by John Kendrick Bangs

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