builder's tea
(UK, uncountable) Black tea, brewed strong and served in a large mug with milk and often sugar.
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(UK, uncountable) Black tea, brewed strong and served in a large mug with milk and often sugar.
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(UK, countable) A serving thereof.
I ate a kebab in a Cypriot cafe with the freezing rain spatting in the doorway and I was poured a soup-like cup of '''builder's tea'''.
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