A meal or social entertainment at which tea is served; esp. an ordinary afternoon or evening meal, at which the usual beverage is tea (but sometimes…

A party assembled to take tea together; a social entertainment at which tea is taken.

(a) n. the drinking of tea; †also, a social gathering at which tea is provided (obsolete); also attributive; (b) adj. that drinks tea.

A tea party.

an evening on which guests are entertained at tea.

a tea party or other social event, (now) esp. one held by a college sorority; cf. shine, n.2 1.

A party, convivial gathering; usually tea-shine, a ‘tea-fight’. dialect.

humorous name for a tea party or tea-meeting.

a tea party.

a tea party (cf. muffin-worry n. and bunfight n. at bun, n.2 compounds 2); (also more literally) a food fight.

a gathering at which coffee is served.

Gossip over coffee cups; a coffee party; cf. coffee-klatsch n. at coffee, n. compounds 2. Cf. klatsch, n.

= bunfight n.

a tea party at which formal dress is worn, spec. on the occasion of a debutante's presentation at court.

a public social meeting (usually in connection with a religious organization) at which tea is taken.

= bunfight n.

a tea party at which the guests make contributions (typically, of ‘silver’ coin) to charity.

a jocular expression for a tea party (cf. tea-fight n. at tea, n.1 compounds 3).

A visit; a coffee-party. Cf. coffee-klatsch n., kaffeeklatsch, n.

a morning coffee-party.