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afternoon tea

NOUN
light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes
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If your schedule allows, don’t miss the hotel’s afternoon tea service, which includes live piano accompaniment and fills up quickly.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s pinkies up at Wimbledon, as match-goers partake in a traditional British afternoon tea overlooking the courts.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

Laura, like other "etiquette experts", can teach people - for a fee - how to take afternoon tea, dress and hold a conversation, "like a British person".

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

In the final the bakers had to make scones, create a quintessential afternoon tea and construct a hanging tiered celebration cake.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024

Then Fern and her parents came to Sunday afternoon tea at our house.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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