(Australia, NZ) A small meal or snack eaten between breakfast and lunch; a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from schoolwork, work, a conference, etc.
1993 December, AUUGN: AUUG Inc. Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 6, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xI_blk_IVb0C&pg=PA53&dq=%22morning+tea%22|%22morning+teas%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SLK0T_a3IOiciAfG39igAw&redi…
“He's sipping at his morning tea groggily.”
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