A light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes.
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Examples for "tea "
Examples for "tea "
1 She said it had been a particularly good year for growing tea .
2 Officials said the rains had not affected tea trade or oil exploration.
3 She sat on the porch in the afternoons; she poured the tea .
4 They should ask you the price of a Long Island iced tea .
5 Salt is put in the first boil, the tea in the second.
1 At teatime Anne, red-eyed and unsmiling, met Miss Farlow on the stairs.
2 She had probably eaten nothing, he reckoned, since teatime the day before.
3 Now, get out your patchwork and have your square done before teatime .
4 Mr. Hazlewood concealed his embarrassment at teatime under a show of over-work.
5 He was not in at teatime , and has not come back since.
1 We went for afternoon tea in the Grand Hotel in Malahide recently.
2 They had brought from the old country the tradition of afternoon tea .
3 Then afternoon tea at 3pm and a proper meal in the evening.
4 Allied to the afternoon tea are various phases of informal daytime entertaining.
5 There are few treats as indulgent as a long, luxurious afternoon tea .
6 A tea wagon offers the most attractive service for an afternoon tea .
7 Gifts for her include spa treatments, afternoon tea and a vineyard tour.
8 Naffness aside, when it comes to afternoon tea I am defiantly old-school.
9 He needed an occasional cup of afternoon tea to wash it down.
10 How much would you pay to have afternoon tea with Margaret Thatcher?
11 The hotel offered an opportunity for afternoon tea and a tolerable dinner.
12 Following that afternoon tea matters changed for Rhoda Hammond at Lakeview Hall.
13 She summoned her women friends to meet her sister-in-law at afternoon tea .
14 Any desired refreshments may be served, those for afternoon tea being suitable.
15 There was to be a luncheon-party, an afternoon tea , and so forth.
16 I was sitting at Mrs. Rond's tea-table having afternoon tea with her.
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