meat tea

American  

noun

British.

1. high tea.

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Etymology

Origin of meat tea

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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meat tea

A fitness fanatic, he avoided meat, tea, coffee and chocolate.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2019

He has had stomach ulcers for years, has used no meat, tea, coffee, hard liquor or tobacco.

From Time Magazine Archive

At "meat tea," a meal he dearly loved, we used to sit long together, and talk classics, the only subject in which he seemed in the least interested.

From A New Medley of Memories by Hunter-Blair, David

To be able to draw from the commissary regular rations of meat, tea, coffee, sugar, baker's bread, and beans, was joy indeed, after what we had gone through, and we almost made hogs of ourselves.

From How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 by Peck, George W. (George Wilbur)

He produced from a rude cupboard bread and cold meat, tea, sugar, and the quart pot and pannikins necessary for a bush meal.

From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf