单词 | builder's tea |
释义 | > as lemmasbuilder's tea b. British colloquial. In builder's tea and similar compounds: designating robust, full-bodied black tea, brewed until very strong, and usually drunk with milk and often sugar. ΚΠ 1994 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 17/2 A flunkey arrives, bearing egg and cucumber sandwiches, anchovy toast and builder's tea. 1998 Evening Standard (Nexis) 14 Sept. 6 Instant coffee and builder's tea are all fine and dandy, but the hairdresser's victim deserves a little more variety. 2000 R. Pilcher Winter Solstice 68 ‘You like builders' tea, don't you?’ ‘Strong and black.’ She poured her own mug and left the pot to stew. 2009 S. Margolis Forget me Knot 307 Cinders asked if Abbey had any Earl Grey or jasmine tea. ‘Sorry, only your basic builder's brew, I'm afraid.’ < as lemmas |
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