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wet and warm

wet and warm noun: tea (the drink).

Noun

wet and warm (uncountable)

  1. (UK, slang) Tea (the drink).
    • Over by the piers a black sea of heads silhouette in the bright rectangle canopied by the upslung front of the tea stall. Cups of wet and warm at fourpence.1964, quoted in 2014, Ian J. Finch, D. F. Bratchell, E. F. Candlin, General Studies: A First Handbook for Technical Students (page 148)
    • At least in a short while he'd be back in his warm office with a hot cup of tea. Or at least somebody else's office with a cup of wet and warm.2015, Geraldine Evans, Asking For It (Rafferty & Llewellyn British Mysteries; 16), unnumbered page

Questions about wet and warm

What does wet and warm mean?
Wet and warm means tea (the drink).
What part of speech is wet and warm?
Wet and warm is a noun.

Words near wet and warm in the dictionary

  1. westworks
  2. westy
  3. wet
  4. wet and messy
  5. wet and messy fetishism
  6. wet and warm
  7. wet arm system
  8. wet arm systems
  9. wet bag
  10. wet bags
  11. wet bar

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