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Meaning of wet and warm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Tea (the drink).

UK, slang, uncountable

Examples

“Over by the piers a black sea of heads silhouette in the bright rectangle canopied by the upslung front of the tea stall. Cups of wet and warm at fourpence.”

“At least in a short while he'd be back in his warm office with a hot cup of tea. Or at least somebody else's office with a cup of wet and warm.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

wet arm system wet bag wet bar wet bargain wet behind the ears wet beriberi