five-o'clock tea

Example Sentences

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Mrs. Mayne has some friends coming to five-o’clock tea, and she wants us to go over for an hour.

From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

If Tobias saw a young woman stop to breathe he came up and reminded her that this wasn't a matinée—they weren't having a party that day nor serving five-o'clock tea.

From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

The united party—numbering, I should think, nearly one hundred—next proceeded on board the 'Sunbeam,' for a very late five-o'clock tea and a hasty inspection of the vessel.

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

Its habit of getting up late you'll agree That it carries too far when I say That it frequently breakfasts at five-o'clock tea, And dines on the following day.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

"I say, Bucky," said Frawley with a lazy interest, "would they serve you five-o'clock tea here, I wonder?"

From Murder in Any Degree by Johnson, Owen