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tea break

NOUN
coffee break
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He forfeited the Oval Test between England and Pakistan in 2006 when the away side refused to return after the tea break having been penalised for ball-tampering by the umpires.

From BBC Feb. 17, 2024

As a truck rolls out of the Bhutanese bottling plant, operated by Veen Waters India, the 40-some line workers take a tea break along a short row of employee housing.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

Know someone who could use a tea break?

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2020

After a hurried tea break and a few computer reboots, it's time to record the final act.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2020

The tea break was one of the ways the brutal sugar-slave world of the plantations and the new work rhythm of the industrial factory were linked.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson




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