elevenses

[ ih-lev-uh n-ziz ]
/ ɪˈlɛv ən zɪz /

noun British.

(usually used with a plural verb) a midmorning break for refreshments.
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

Words nearby elevenses

elevator music, elevator pitch, elevator shoe, eleven, eleven-plus, elevenses, eleventh, eleventh amendment, eleventh chord, eleventh cranial nerve, eleventh hour
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British Dictionary definitions for elevenses

elevenses
/ (ɪˈlɛvənzɪz) /

pl n

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