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five-o'clock tea

noun as in afternoon tea

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Example Sentences

I have seen him taking five-o'clock tea with his wife, his sons and their wives at Sans Souci, in Potsdam.

In the little shop parlour now sat a woman and her husband, at their five-o'clock tea.

She enjoyed her cigarette there, and had a fancy for pouring her five-o'clock tea in its shelter.

You must have been in the parlor a good many times at five-o'clock tea to have grasped the situation at your age.

There would be no use, she argued, in offering five-o'clock-tea combinations.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to five-o'clock tea, such as: cream 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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