meat tea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of meat tea
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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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
“Burr-urr!” growled old Tummus, who was devouring his late meal—a meat tea, the solid part consisting of a great hunch of bread and upon it a large piece of cold boiled, streaky, salt pork.
From A Life's Eclipse by Nash, J.
The old folk were to be provided with a meat tea; the Mudges were to be given a week at the seaside; the donor was to remain anonymous.
From A Drake by George! by Trevena, John
Leaving school at four or half-past, it will not be likely that dinner, or the "meat tea," can be enjoyed before half-past five.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. by Peters, Charles
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