kitchen tea


nounAustralian.
  1. a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.

Origin of kitchen tea

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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How to use kitchen tea in a sentence

  • She does not inhabit "servants' bedrooms," and eat "kitchen butter," and drink "kitchen tea."

    The Labour-saving House | Dorothy Constance Bayliff Peel

British Dictionary definitions for kitchen tea

kitchen tea

noun
  1. Australian and NZ a party held before a wedding to which female guests bring items of kitchen equipment as wedding presents

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