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elevenses

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈlɛv(ə)nzɪz/Sorted eeeelnssvStarts with EEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack.

Word origin

From dialectal elevens (“the eleven-o'clock meal”).

Used in a sentence

  • Betjeman, who was a bit of a gricer, wrote: "I know of no greater pleasure for elevenses in London than to sit in this tea place and watch the trains arrive and depart."

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