单词 | dinner-tea |
释义 | > as lemmasdinner-tea dinner-tea n. now rare a substantial tea (tea n.1 4a), eaten at the end of the afternoon or start of the evening. ΚΠ 1844 H. M. Smythies Jilt III. v. 90 She shared with sweet good-humour the uninviting dinner-tea. 1852 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 162 I am to have a dinner-tea with them next Wednesday. 1875 ‘E. Garrett’ By Still Waters x. 202 To Sarah's fancy a dinner-tea was the most social and enjoyable of compromises. 1933 Nottingham Evening Post 14 July 4/2 A cotton evening frock, a dinner-tea gown, and a beach suit. < as lemmas |
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