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
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
After a breakfast of boiled fat, meat, tea and hard bread, they gathered the four dogs together, and with much difficulty got them into traces.
From The Wilderness Trail by Williams, Frank
Get me something, there’s a dear girl—bread, meat, tea, coffee, anything, if it’s only oats or barley.”
From In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" by Fenn, George Manville
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