a tea party or picnic given for village schoolchildren.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > tea-party (23) school feast1708 a tea party or picnic given for village schoolchildren. tea1738 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… tea-treatc1748 (chiefly in Cornwall) a publicly provided outdoor tea party for children, esp. of a Sunday-school; also attributive. tea-visit1765 tea-party1778 A party assembled to take tea together; a social entertainment at which tea is taken. tea-drinking1781 (a) n. the drinking of tea; †also, a social gathering at which tea is provided (obsolete); also attributive; (b) adj. that drinks tea. thé1788 A tea party. tea junketing1820 tea-night1823 an evening on which guests are entertained at tea. tea-shine1838 A party, convivial gathering; usually tea-shine, a ‘tea-fight’. dialect. tea-fight1849 humorous name for a tea party or tea-meeting. tea soirée1850 muffin-worry1859 a tea party. kettledrum1861 colloquial. An afternoon tea party on a large scale. muffin-fight1876 a tea party (cf. muffin-worry n. and bunfight n. at bun, n.2 compounds 2); (also more literally) a food fight. pink tea1883 A formal tea party or other social engagement, esp. one hosted and (largely) attended by women, often for charitable fund-raising; (in extended… bun-worry1889 = bunfight n. train tea1895 a tea party at which formal dress is worn, spec. on the occasion of a debutante's presentation at court. tea-meeting1897 a public social meeting (usually in connection with a religious organization) at which tea is taken. bun-struggle1899 = bunfight n. American tea1915 = American supper n. silver tea1921 a tea party at which the guests make contributions (typically, of ‘silver’ coin) to charity. bunfight1928 a jocular expression for a tea party (cf. tea-fight n. at tea, n.1 compounds 3). |
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