elevenses in English
noun
1
a short break for light refreshments, usually with tea or coffee, taken about eleven o'clock in the morning.
At eleven, a short woman carrying elevenses to the children interrupted classes, a meal consisting of a glass of milk and a shortbread biscuit.
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1. 4 Sykes was dangling a small bough over its nose, possibly an olive branch, perhaps its elevenses.