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

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2022

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

From the hotel staff who’ve smilingly made our bed to a cousin who burst into our room at 7 a.m. with morning tea, everyone has been unfazed by the idea of two men sleeping together.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2018

On Friday, Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, will arrive at the White House for morning tea with President Obama and his wife, Michelle.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2017

She had never hiked up a snow-capped mountain with a bedroll strapped to her back, or pitched a tent in a monsoon, or gathered wood for a campfire over which to prepare her morning tea.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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