five-o'clock tea

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I had rashly promised to lunch with the Brooke Herfords at Hampstead, and to take five-o'clock tea with Mrs. Rebecca Moore at Bedford Place.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

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

The two were seated this Tuesday evening, a week after Mrs. Stapleton's visit to the Stantons, in the drawing-room of the Queen's Gate house, over the remnants of what corresponded to five-o'clock tea.

From The Necromancers by Benson, Robert Hugh

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)

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