elevenses

elevenses
/i lev"euhn ziz/, n. Brit.
1. (usually used with a pl. v.) a midmorning break for refreshments.
2. the refreshments taken.
[1860-65; orig. dial.; doubly pluralized form of ELEVEN, perh. as ellipsis of eleven hours eleven o'clock]

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