cup n Phr cup of tea: refreshment consisting of tea with bread, cake or cookies.
   1910 GRENFELL 1-58 No, I know a cup of tea isn't much to give you—just bread and butter and tea. [1927] 1971 Inuit Land Use 315 At each house we make a halt for a cup of tea, a chat, and a short service. 1972 MURRAY 284 So the group giving the picnic had to be very sure they had lots of food baked (cakes. cookies etc.) so that everyone who came might be given a 'cup of tea.'
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