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

One afternoon I went in to Mrs. Carvalho's for a cup of five-o'clock tea, and had an uninterrupted tête-à-tête with her for half an hour.

From Strange Stories by Allen, Grant

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

What a contrast to the afternoons at Glen Cottage,—tennis, and five-o’clock tea, and the company of their young friends!

From Not Like Other Girls by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

I do not believe that now universally honored and observed institution of "five-o'clock tea" dates farther back in the annals of English civilization than this very private and, I think, rather shamefaced practice of it.

From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny