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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

Sitting on the ground, they sipped morning tea and hunched over bowls of a milky gruel.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2019

I tune back in. “. . . and what should I do tomorrow when Mrs. Faulkner turns up for morning tea, Ed? Should I just get her to put her mug on the floor?”

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

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