kitchen tea

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noun Australian.

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

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Also called shower tea.

Origin of kitchen tea

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby kitchen tea

kitchenmaid, kitchen match, kitchen midden, kitchen police, kitchen sink, kitchen tea, kitchenware, kite, kite fighting, kiteflying, Kitemark

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How to use kitchen tea in a sentence

The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.
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Senseless bureaucracy is part of what spawned the Tea Party.
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Adults prepare food and drink dark sweet tea on the doorsteps of their homes as they watch their children playing.
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But the greatest danger I ever underwent in that kingdom was from a monkey, who belonged to one of the clerks of the kitchen.
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Being quieted by the Captain with a draught of cold tea, and made to sit down, the examination of the book proceeded.
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Afterwards we saw you once or twice at tea at the Ritz, and you took off your hat, so you must have remembered then.
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Janet might have said before leaving: "Tea had better not wait too long--Hilda has to be down at Clayhanger's at half-past six."
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The smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.
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British Dictionary definitions for kitchen tea

kitchen tea

noun

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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