pink tea

noun Informal.

a formal tea or reception.

Origin of pink tea

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby pink tea

pink noise, pink root, pink salmon, pink slip, pink stern, pink tea, pink-collar, pink-footed goose, pink-slip, pinken, pinkerton

Example sentences from the Web for pink tea

  • Why the devil did you tell that pink-tea proposition about your dealings with the Van Ness Avenue bank?

    The Million-Dollar Suitcase |Alice MacGowan

  • Indeed, his heavy, pink-tea attentions were obviously regarded as quite flattering by the fair recipients!

    Turns about Town |Robert Cortes Holliday