five-o'clock tea

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For in his primitive vision of female existence, his wife languidly presides for ever at an eternal five-o'clock tea.

From Prose Fancies by Le Gallienne, Richard

George Curzon just back from far East; has sat astride the Wall of China, and taken five-o'clock tea with the Queen of Corea.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

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 countess had invited Lady Cambrey to a five-o'clock tea.

From A Mad Love by Brame, Charlotte M.

Later on what on terra firma I call my better half had also emerged from below, and was organising a personally conducted five-o'clock tea, made attractive by certain canisters in her private possession.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix