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teatime

tea·time

rare slang uk

noun

1.

a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

  • “an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea”
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Origin

From tea + time. Compare Saterland Frisian Teetied (“teatime”), West Frisian teetiid (“teatime”), Dutch theetijd (“teatime”), German Teezeit (“teatime”), Danish tetid (“teatime”), Swedish tetid (“teatime”), Icelandic tetími (“teatime”).

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