teatime
Noun
Meaning
teatime (plural teatimes)
(chiefly Britain) The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).
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Examples
Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvellous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that was broken.
“I’d like to take issue with Gary Naylor’s assertion (Teatime teatime, 15.44) that egg sandwiches are vegetarian,” says John Foster.
The variety show was a teatime TV institution for nearly three decades, running from 1955 until 1984.
It was layered with a sharp citrusy foam and a crisp meringue, a far cry from her favourite (French children's teatime ritual) snack which is exactly like baby food apple purée, this was a little too sophisticated for her.
Stoweflake is family run, with a great spa and plenty of kids romping poolside or enjoying cookies at the daily teatime.
Godiva Weekend '99 bursts into life in Coventry's War Memorial Park over the weekend of 4-6 June with a monster programme of performances and attractions running right through from teatime Friday to Sunday dusk.