meat tea

American  

noun

British.

1. high tea.

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Etymology

Origin of meat tea

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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

The diet consisted largely of vegetables and fruits, while meat, tea and coffee were served only occasionally.

From The Greatest Highway in the World Historical, Industrial and Descriptive Information of the Towns, Cities and Country Passed Through Between New York and Chicago Via the New York Central Lines. Based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica. by New York Central Railroad Company

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)

Or sometimes of an evening, the lamp lighted, the remnants of the meat tea cleared away, the flickering firelight cosifying the dingy rooms, I go a-visiting.

From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)