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without tea and biscuits

without tea and biscuits prepositional phrase: inquisitorial, severe.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, humorous) Inquisitorial, severe.
    • It is not actually the classic 'one-sided without tea and biscuits' meeting, but initially I am told that I mustn't let 'blood-lust' curb my judgement.2018 March 13, Mike Borlace, Spider Zero Seven, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 194
    • If you’re recorded running at 77.1 mph over a 75 mph speed limit for a mile or so, that’s a meeting-without-tea-or-biscuits and a threat of disciplinary action, despite the fact that all you can tell is the needle is just over 75 – and on many trains it’ll be flickering too.2024 August 8, anonymous train driver, “Guest Blog: A train driver responds”, in Bus and Train User

Forms of without tea and biscuits

alternative formwithout biscuits
alternative formwithout coffee
alternative formwithout tea
alternative formwithout tea or biscuits

Questions about without tea and biscuits

What does without tea and biscuits mean?
Without tea and biscuits means inquisitorial, severe.
What part of speech is without tea and biscuits?
Without tea and biscuits is a prepositional phrase.

Words near without tea and biscuits in the dictionary

  1. without price
  2. without question
  3. without recourse
  4. without so much as a by your leave
  5. without so much as a by-your-leave
  6. without tea and biscuits
  7. without tears
  8. without trace
  9. without troubling the scorers
  10. without welt or guard
  11. without-door

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