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
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 Frank Williams
John Martin asked as he rose with an effort, stiff and tired, from the remains of a meat tea.
From The Sorcery Club by Elliott O'Donnell
The invariable diet was meat, tea, and pemmican.
From The Silent Places by Stewart Edward White
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