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elevenses

[ih-lev-uh n-ziz]
noun British.
  1. (usually used with a plural verb) a midmorning break for refreshments.
  2. the refreshments taken.
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Origin of elevenses

1860–65; orig. dial.; doubly pluralized form of eleven, perhaps as ellipsis of eleven hours eleven o'clock
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British Dictionary definitions for elevenses

elevenses

pl n
  1. (sometimes functioning as singular) British informal a light snack, usually with tea or coffee, taken mid-morning
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