cream tea

American  

noun

1. a typically British afternoon meal of tea served with scones, jams, and clotted cream.

2. high tea.

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cream tea British  

noun

1. afternoon tea including bread or scones served with clotted cream and jam

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Example Sentences

Another concerns whether it is acceptable to serve fruit scones at a cream tea, or only plain ones.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

"I do not believe that over £10.00 for a cream tea is sustainable in this business when people are between £300 and £500 a month worse off," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2022

These are my version of a cream tea.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2019

Having lived in the country since the age of 14, Eline is arguably as British as a cream tea.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2018

But, at the same time, the ham and eggs and cream tea was to be a part of their day, and they were not going to be deprived of it.

From Kitty Trenire by Quiller-Couch, Mabel