tea-supper

"Well, let's have a kind of tea-supper before we do anything else," said Dick.

Five On A Treasure Island Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1967

The fire glowed bright and red in the tiled fireplace, a silver clock on the mantelpiece ticked musically, and at his hand was a white-covered tray with a tiny silver teapot, and the paraphernalia necessary for preparing his meal -- that strange tea-supper which was one of T.B. Smith's eccentricities.

The Secret House Edgar Wallace 1903

He seldom sleeps for more than two hours on end; has breakfast at midnight, dinner in the early morning, and tea-supper only if it happens to be handy; and he feeds mainly on bread, cheese, sugar and much butter, with an occasional feast of half a dozen mackerel at once, or a skate or a small conger.

A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900

On the table, which had no cloth, the remains of his hot tea-supper were not cleared away -- the crust of a loaf, a piece of bacon-rind on a plate, and a teacup showed what it had been.

Change in the Village George Sturt 1895

After their tea-supper, Catherine, unperceived, slipped out of the little lane gate, and climbed the stony path above the house leading on to the fell.

Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885

After their tea-supper, Catherine, unperceived, slipped out of the little lane gate, and climbed the stony path above the house leading on to the fell.

Robert Elsmere Humphry Ward 1885

My low chair was drawn to the fire, a sort of tea-supper was awaiting me, and Mrs. Barton came out of the kitchen as soon as I had lifted the latch, to ask what she could do for me.

Uncle Max Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874

I had enough to do during that short time to tidy up; to collect the scattered books and music, and prepare the tea-supper, for which they came back in tearing spirits, and frantically hungry, between seven and eight o'clock.

Station Amusements 1871

Ebo seized them with a grin of delight, for he knew that these meant larder, and then hastening back we had just time to strip and prepare our skins before night fell, when, work being ended, the fire was relit, the kettle boiled, and a sort of tea-supper by moonlight, with the dark forest behind and the silvery sea before us, ended a very busy day.

Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas George Manville Fenn 1870

"All right," said Poole, and they fetched Andy from where he was sitting forward talking in whispers with his messmates, told him what they wanted, and ordered him to prepare a sort of tea-supper for the little crew of the gig.

Fitz the Filibuster George Manville Fenn 1870