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builder's tea

noun

Etymology

From builder + -'s + tea, from its supposedly being the preferred type of tea of British builders and construction workers.

  1. derived from *s-la✻
  2. derived from 茶
  3. borrowed from thee
  4. compounded as builder's tea — “builder + -'s + tea”

Definitions

  1. Black tea, brewed strong and served in a large mug with milk and often sugar.

    • It has got the lot, this, underneath its hinged awning: eggs any way, sausage, old-fashioned burgers and builders' tea.
    • I ate a kebab in a Cypriot cafe with the freezing rain spatting in the doorway and I was poured a soup-like cup of builder's tea.
    • The meal should be taken with milky "builder's tea" steeped strong in the mug.

  2. A serving thereof.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA