单词 | nursery tea |
释义 | > as lemmasnursery tea nursery tea n. a light meal taken in the afternoon by children; (also) a meal consisting of the type of food typically eaten by children for tea. ΚΠ 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower iii, in Cornhill Mag. Mar. 335 Get the table ready for nussery tea. 1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsbys 4 Miss T. Won't you have some eggs? Captain G... Eggs! (Aside.) Oh Hades! She must have a nursery-tea at this hour. 1939 T. S. Eliot Family Reunion i. i. 17 Harry must often have remembered Wishwood—The nursery tea, the school holiday. 1990 Vogue Sept. 169 (advt.) Memories of a long afternoon's absorbing play, of nursery tea with hot buttered toast. < as lemmas |
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