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- noun UK
elevenses
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Examples
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From Firefly marathons complete with Mandarin Chinese lessons to Lord of the Rings marathons complete with elevensies and luncheon (and ever other Hobbit meal), Drafthouse always delivered a spectacular event.
Hobbits in New York 2009
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I definitely planned these out as "breakfast bagels", though I can attest to the fact that they were eaten as not only breakfast, but for second breakfast, elevensies, and occasionally afternoon tea.
I'm My Own Apprentice! Sarah 2009
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I definitely planned these out as "breakfast bagels", though I can attest to the fact that they were eaten as not only breakfast, but for second breakfast, elevensies, and occasionally afternoon tea.
Archive 2009-06-01 Sarah 2009
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Mrs. Prendergast snorted with disgust as she walked off to prepare their elevensies.
Winter Bloom Tara Heavey 2010
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There are so many great restaurants in New York that one is tempted to have all seven squares a day – first breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, etc.
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There are so many great restaurants in New York that one is tempted to have all seven squares a day – first breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, etc.
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After a somewhat unusual Monday in London, which will forever be imprinted on my memory as the day I ate fish and chips for elevensies, lunch in Hospital, was served delicate amuse-bouche French pastries an hour later, and a full afternoon tea at four, being subjected to several hours of ear-splitting drilling and jigsawing was something of a brutal jolt back to reality.
swallow 2006
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After a somewhat unusual Monday in London, which will forever be imprinted on my memory as the day I ate fish and chips for elevensies, lunch in Hospital, was served delicate amuse-bouche French pastries an hour later, and a full afternoon tea at four, being subjected to several hours of ear-splitting drilling and jigsawing was something of a brutal jolt back to reality.
fitting 2006
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Don't adjust your speakers or ponder whether anyone's slipped 'something' into your elevensies, as this is simply the sound of 'chillwave'.
Drowned In Sound // Feed Sean Adams 2010
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-What she ate for lunch/breakfast/dinner/elevensies
chained_bear commented on the word elevensies
Is this the term for the mid-morning hobbit meal? Is it elevensies or elevenses?
October 22, 2007
infostyx commented on the word elevensies
Oh boy. Where is there a hobbit when you need one ? Or a LOTR supernerd.
October 22, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word elevensies
I don't know, I can never find one. They're like taxis!
October 22, 2007
sionnach commented on the word elevensies
Though I am neither a hobbit or a supernerd,
I'm pretty sure it's elevenses. Not just in middle earth either, but in England as well.
October 22, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word elevensies
It is hobbitual, no matter what!
November 13, 2010