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  • noun A cup full of tea.
  • noun idiomatic, singular only Whatever suits or interests one.

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  • noun an activity that you like or at which you are superior

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  • 'I can never find a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.' -C.S. Lewis

    March 1, 2008

  • Cup of tea, my lord, cup of tea?

    Cup of tea, my lord, cup of tea?

    It ain't much, lord, but it's free.

    Cup of tea, my lord, cup of tea?

    - Old English gospel hymn

    March 1, 2008

  • yarb, I think we could all get jobs writing Old English gospel hymns if that's the best they can do.

    March 1, 2008

  • See under nice hot and would you like a.

    Also cf. builders' tea, in my case.

    November 3, 2008