† thén.2
Obsolete.
A tea party.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > tea-party
school feast1708
tea1738
tea-treatc1748
tea-visit1765
tea-party1778
tea-drinking1781
thé1788
tea junketing1820
tea-night1823
tea-shine1838
tea-fight1849
tea soirée1850
muffin-worry1859
kettledrum1861
muffin-fight1876
pink tea1883
bun-worry1889
train tea1895
tea-meeting1897
bun-struggle1899
American tea1915
silver tea1921
bunfight1928
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > tea- or coffee-party
tea1738
tea-visit1765
tea-party1778
tea-drinking1781
thé1788
tea junketing1820
tea-night1823
cookie shine1830
tea-shine1838
tea-fight1849
tea soirée1850
muffin-worry1859
muffin-fight1876
coffee-party1886
kaffeeklatsch1888
bun-worry1889
train tea1895
tea-meeting1897
bun-struggle1899
silver tea1921
bunfight1928
klatsch1953
coffee morning1962
1788 H. More Let. 22 May (1925) 123 A Thé is among the stupid new follies of the winter. You are to invite fifty or a hundred people to come at eight o'clock..tea and coffee are made by the company,..and what constitutes the very essence of a Thé, an immense load of hot buttered rolls, and muffins.
1802 C. Wilmot Irish Peer on Continent (1920) 22 We have had..Plays, Balls, Soirees, Thés, &c.; the first Thé was at Monsieur Amoulin's.
1827 E. Grosvenor in G. Huxley Lady Elizabeth & Grosvenors (1965) vii. 136 On Friday we are to have a thé at the Viceroy's.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018).
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