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teatime

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tea·time  (ttm)
n.
The usual or traditional time for serving tea, as late afternoon.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.teatimeteatime - a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"
afternoon tea, tea
meal, repast - the food served and eaten at one time
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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teatime [ˈtiːtaɪm] n → hora del té
teatime [ˈtiːtaɪm] tea n → l'heure f du thé
teatime [ˈtiːtaɪm] tea n → Teestunde f
teatime [ˈtiːtaɪm] n → ora del tè


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In the first weeks the days were long; they often, at their finest, gave me what I used to call my own hour, the hour when, for my pupils, teatime and bedtime having come and gone, I had, before my final retirement, a small interval alone.
Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context
She had been in one of her bad states - though they had got better of late, rather than worse - for four days, when she came out of it in the evening, just at teatime, and said quite plainly, 'Joe.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
Anna Mikhaylovna sat down beside him, with her own handkerchief wiped the tears from his eyes and from the letter, then having dried her own eyes she comforted the count, and decided that at dinner and till teatime she would prepare the countess, and after tea, with God's help, would inform her.
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