coffee morning

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

She drinks hotel coffee morning and night to keep her going.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Among them is 88-year-old Kenneth Saville, who says he comes to the coffee morning for "family, company and cake".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022

Last year, my mum and I managed 250 mince pies for a church coffee morning, and I'd guestimate that my Aunty Christine and my mother-in-law Sheana were baking at a similar rate.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021

But in the village community centre, the whispers began seven weeks ago when one of the coffee morning regulars said she knew someone who had chanced upon a bag of £20 notes.

From The Guardian • Nov. 19, 2019

Although I had never applied “rebellious liquors” to my blood, I had been in the habit of taking a bowl of strong coffee morning and night.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various