elevenses

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e·lev·en·ses /ɪˈlevənzɪz/ noun [uncountable] British English old-fashioned  DFa cup of coffee or tea and a biscuit, that you have in the middle of the morning 上午茶点

Examples from the Corpus

elevenses• The horseman threw a couple of sacks over the backs of his horses and sat under the hedge to eat his elevenses.• Sykes was dangling a small bough over its nose, possibly an olive branch, perhaps its elevenses.

e·lev·en·ses nounChineseSyllable  

and coffee of Corpus a cup or a biscuit, tea you that

elevenses
e‧lev‧en‧ses /ɪˈlevənzəz, ɪˈlevənzɪz/ noun [uncountable] British English old-fashioned
a cup of coffee or tea and a biscuit, that you have in the middle of the morning

elev·ensesBrE /ɪˈlevnzɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ɪˈlevnzɪz/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) a very small meal, for example biscuits with tea or coffee, that people sometimes have at about eleven o'clock in the morning （上午十一时左右吃的）午前茶点