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tea break

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. an intermission from work, usually in the middle of the morning or afternoon, for a cup of tea, a snack, etc.


tea break

noun

  1. a short rest period during working hours during which tea, coffee, etc is drunk
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Another former staff member, who wishes to remain anonymous, also told the BBC that many black members of staff went to stock-rooms or "on tea breaks" when Al Fayed was visiting the shop floor.

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He forfeited the Oval Test between England and Pakistan in 2006 when the away side refused to return after the tea break having been penalised for ball-tampering by the umpires.

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As a truck rolls out of the Bhutanese bottling plant, operated by Veen Waters India, the 40-some line workers take a tea break along a short row of employee housing.

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"Sometimes you have to use force," says a staff member, sitting outside under a canopy during a tea break.

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Fewer stoppages and shorter lunch and tea breaks have all been mooted to ensure that, when it is dry, we see as much play as possible.

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