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afternoon tea
noun as in light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
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I could also manage to spare half-an-hour between afternoon-tea and dinner.
Only this meal is obligatory, but in several districts the children can obtain breakfast and afternoon-tea also.
The butler also is in charge of the afternoon-tea duties, in homes where this custom prevails.
Not that you will get any of them to-night, for we have knocked off late dinner and afternoon-tea, and have one late tea instead.
The visitor who had been enjoying the hospitality of her afternoon-tea table had just taken his departure.
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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to afternoon tea, such as: cream tea, five-o'clock tea, high tea, light supper, tea, and teatime.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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