tea and crumpets

Example Sentences

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I hate tea and crumpets, for the life of me, mate.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2020

This one is loved by all politicians since it implies that they'll have a quick tinker under the bonnet and get you back on the road and home in time for tea and crumpets.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2014

It's all as English as tea and crumpets, but Bennett both celebrates the friendships on the riverbank and sets up the vision of an idyll that never was.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2012

That doesn't mean people here will be breaking out the tea and crumpets to watch this week's royal wedding.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2011

“Before you serve tea and crumpets, would you mind tellin’ me where we’re goin’?”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood