teatime
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teatime
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From tea + time. Compare Saterland Frisian Teetied (“teatime”), West Frisian teetiid (“teatime”), Dutch theetijd (“teatime”), German Teezeit (“teatime”), Danish tetid (“teatime”), Swedish tetid (“teatime”), Icelandic tetími (“teatime”).
noun teatimes · tea-time
- The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal). In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when you know that you've had all the baths you can usefully have that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the papers you will never actually re
- A social gathering or conversation centered on sharing gossip, rumors, or other personal news. It's me, hi I'm the problem, it's me At teatime, everybody agrees I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
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noun a time specifically for the serving of tea
| Français | heure du thé |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Vesperbrot |
| Italiano | ora del tè |
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title = {teatime},
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