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  • noun Alternative form of teatime.

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Examples

  • This never happened to me – he didn't have a motorised wheelchair in those days – but I well recall one occasion when I made a remark in the maths common room at tea-time that showed that I had misunderstood what he'd been saying.

    Stephen Hawking at 70: still the brightest star in the scientific universe 2012

  • The tea-time lasted for more than eight hours and Beifeng reports on the process via twitter.

    Global Voices in English » China: Tweeting a detention experience 2009

  • In this morning's Daily Mail a story parroted yesterday in the Mill's rather downmarket apparently humorous tea-time email cousin the Fiver about Glen Johnson taking a sponsored language course in Spanish is used as an excuse for claiming he's going to sign for Real Madrid in January.

    Football transfer rumours: Glen Johnson to Real Madrid? Barney Ronay 2010

  • Even the main premise of the show is built upon the concept of existential salvation: the idea that one day this wonderful being will drop out of the sky to rescue us from the crippling tedium of adult life, to make us believe that there is more to existence than work, bills and over-thinking popular tea-time television shows.

    Does Doctor Who feature a god for our times? | Stephen Kelly 2011

  • But regarding the media circus that put it's tent up outside Westminster Tuesday tea-time after the Speaker's resignation announcement, I was agahst that the ITV 6.30 News absolutely trounced the BBC's 6.00 O clock coverage.

    Norfolk MPs with nothing to hide print additional costs allowances online Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • It's one thing to see a human brain sliced out and inserted into a Cyberman's body in fact, I'd say it's an essential part of a rounded upbringing; but a mother in weeping despair over a stolen baby would just be too raw and too real for Saturday tea-time.

    Is time up for Doctor Who? 2011

  • You can use it to shoot to Europe, drop hellfire, then head back sonically whilst attending therapy – and all before tea-time.

    Car review: Audi RS3 2011

  • A lot of people will be looking to Paris at tea-time tomorrow to see whether Marc Lièvremont has got the show back on the road or whether Scotland are the force they promise to be.

    Six Nations 2011: An insider's guide to the teams and tactics | Shaun Edwards (with Paul Rees) 2011

  • That said, I'm pleased to see you acknowledge that some topics aren't right for a Saturday tea-time programme, because the classic deflection of anyone criticising Doctor Who is to argue that "kids understand a lot more than you think".

    Is time up for Doctor Who? 2011

  • The chocolate biscuit or cookie cake, based on a royal recipe and a tea-time favorite of William's, will be made by Paul Courtney for McVitie's Cake Company, famous for its tea biscuits and wedding cakes for royals.

    William and Kate plan modern wedding 2011

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