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coffee morning

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

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

Eleanor organised a coffee morning, which she promoted from her newsagent shop in Coldstream.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 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

Her ill complexion was occasioned by her bad diet, which was coffee** morning, noon, and night.

From History of John Bull by Arbuthnot, John

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