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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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Men gathered around the stand, chatting as they drank their morning tea and electric rickshaws rumbled by.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2024

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

From BBC Sep. 27, 2022

After my morning tea, I’d go for a walk in my neighborhood to get some fresh air and exercise.

From Washington Post May 30, 2022

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

All in all, this is an excellent place to partake of morning tea, but surprisingly few of the inhabitants of Taunton seem to wish to avail themselves of it.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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