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A light meal taken out to agricultural labourers in the afternoon.

Noun

  1. A light meal taken out to agricultural labourers in the afternoon.
    • The harvestmen who board in the farm-houses fare sumptuously during the month of harvest.— […] at eleven o'clock in the morning, and four in the afternoon, they have each a large light plum-bun, with a pint of ale a...

Origin

See four and elevenses.

Forms

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