morning tea
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
“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
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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