elevener n also eleven, levener EDD ~ D Co: levener. A drink of liquor, or a light snack, taken at 11 a.m.; LUNCH, MUG UP.
   1866 WILSON 348 If a tradesman were employed, he must have three drinks a day; or what he called his morning, his eleven, and his evening. [cl894] PANL P4/14, p. 194 I know of what [callibogus] is compounded, and that rum and spruce beer is becoming a far less common 'elevener' than it used to be. 1896 J A Folklore ix, 35 ~ a glass of grog taken at eleven o'clock, when the sun is over the fore yard. 1914 Cadet Apr, p. 7 The skipper is ['crooked'] this mornin' and will be till he gets his 'levener' (glass of rum) at 11 o'clock. 1937 DEVINE 31 Levener. A drink of rum or other spirits taken around eleven a.m. Also a lunch at that time. C 70-15 Besides the three basic meals, there was a lunch at 11 a.m. called the levener, usually a cup of tea and a biscuit or bun. C 71-111 'Come in now and we'll have our elevener.' Then all the girls would go in for a snack.

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