five-o'clock tea
Example Sentences
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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)
What a craze five-o'clock tea is with you women!
From Uncle Max by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
There is a fallacy among certain tea-fanciers that the origin of five-o'clock tea was due to hygienic demand.
From The Little Tea Book by Hood, George Washington
His newly acquired wealth is not regarded as in itself likely to make him a more congenial dinner-table companion or any more delightful at five-o'clock tea.
From The "Goldfish" by Train, Arthur Cheney
And if I were to drop in for five-o'clock tea, as you say, Leah would be sure to make her appearance and say I was wanted at Gladwyn.'
From Uncle Max by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
