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elevenses
[ ih-lev-uhn-ziz ]
noun
, (usually used with a plural verb)
- a midmorning break for refreshments:
They paused for tea and muffins at elevenses.
- the refreshments taken; a midmorning snack:
Elevenses were not ready to be served.
elevenses
/ ɪˈlɛvənzɪz /
plural noun
- informal.sometimes functioning as singular a light snack, usually with tea or coffee, taken mid-morning
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Word History and Origins
Origin of elevenses1
First recorded in 1840–65; originally dialect; doubly pluralized form of eleven, perhaps as ellipsis of eleven hours (eleven o'clock)
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