Meaning of builder's tea | Babel Free

Definitions

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

UK, uncountable, usually

Examples

“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.”

“Armed with a cup of Alison's strong, thick, builder's tea, Mrs Jamal started falteringly into the story she had told countless times to sceptical police officers and lawyers.”

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