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morning tea

British  

noun

  1. Brit equivalent: elevenses.  a mid-morning snack with a cup of tea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yu’s husband, Jack Chen, first grew suspicious in April 2022 when he began to notice a “chemical taste” in his morning tea.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Workers were soon taken on again with a 5% pay rise provided they gave up their morning tea break.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2022

“I want to leave for Sudan,” whispered Nyibol Arop, a 27-year-old mother of five, as she boiled her morning tea just steps away from the stagnant water that threatens her current shelter.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021

Sometimes he just sits with them in silence, over his morning tea and their dinner, in place of his vanished hour-long commute.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2020

Where he used to be able to collect paxsfoil and bella rosa before morning tea, it began to take him the entire day.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

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