five-o'clock tea

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To-morrow was Sunday, and the proposal referred, clearly, to the custom of "five-o'clock" tea, known to him only by the contemporary novel of manners and the catchy advertisement of table-linen.

From The Finer Grain by James, Henry

There were only two girls when the general left that tent to meet his officers at four o’clock, and now there were four, and the four were having five-o’clock tea.

From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by King, Charles

But, a little more is wanted besides five-o’clock tea; and, until it is granted, we will continue to have matrimonial infelicity, marriages “of convenience,” and, no marriages at all!

From She and I, Volume 1 by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

Once, after such a silent sacrifice on her part, Madeline and she drove up to the Percivals’ for five-o’clock tea.

From Jewel Weed by Fisher, Harrison

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 Hunting of the Snark an Agony, in Eight Fits by Carroll, Lewis