five-o'clock tea

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And if I were to drop in for five-o'clock tea, as you say, Leah would be sure to make her appearance and say I was wanted at Gladwyn.'

From Uncle Max by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

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)

It was before the days of five-o'clock tea.

From Chateau and Country Life in France by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

But, a little more is wanted besides five-o’clock tea; and, until it is granted, we will continue to have matrimonial infelicity, marriages “of convenience,” and, no marriages at all!

From She and I, Volume 1 by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

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

From A Mad Love by Brame, Charlotte M.