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high tea
noun
- a late afternoon or early evening meal similar to a light supper.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of high tea1
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Example Sentences
The whole village participated in traditional tribal attire, coming together to pray and enjoy a high tea.
She planned for Sunday an automobile ride; she was to hire the car from the Axminister garage, and a high tea afterward.
Then the maid burst out of the kitchen with a tray and the principal utensils for high tea thereon.
Of all pernicious customs there is none more to be deprecated than that of high tea, as it is called.
Late that afternoon he had gratified Nanna by sharing her high tea, and so he was not expected in the dining-room.
He would sit, after high tea, of which cold fried fish was the prime ingredient, dozing over the Jewish weekly.
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