five-o'clock tea

Example Sentences

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The very idea of five-o’clock tea at four is shocking.”

From The Dreamers A Club by Bangs, John Kendrick

Seeing her thus moved, mother and daughters talked to each other, discussing the pleasant gossip of the day, which always seems to gather round the table at five-o'clock tea.

From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd)

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

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

Then she passed him the bread and butter, cut for five-o'clock tea, and fruits, grapes and peaches, and strawberries, in a beautifully carved oak tray.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)