five-o'clock tea

Example Sentences

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"I say, Bucky," said Frawley with a lazy interest, "would they serve you five-o'clock tea here, I wonder?"

From Murder in Any Degree by Johnson, Owen

To-morrow was Sunday, and the proposal referred, clearly, to the custom of "five-o'clock" tea, known to him only by the contemporary novel of manners and the catchy advertisement of table-linen.

From The Finer Grain by James, Henry

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)

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

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

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