OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26811

elevenses

/ɪˈlɛv(ə)nzɪz/
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A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.
"In Europe," said Ghosh Babu who read a great deal, "they all stop work at eleven to have tea or coffee or cocoa, or some stronger beverage; they call it elevenses." / […] ["]Ghosh…
The harvestmen who board in the farm-houses fare sumptuously during the month of harvest.— […] at eleven o'clock in the morning, and four in the afternoon, they have each a large l…
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