shower tea

noun

A bridal shower.

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Meanings

nounshower tea (plural shower teas)

plural shower teas

  1. AustraliaA bridal shower.

    Kim had a shower tea when we got married 'cause he loves food.

    1986, Berwyn Lewis, No Children by Choice, page 130
    2 more examples

    I attended recently a shower tea for a young woman getting married.

    1983, Australian Senate Hansard, page 3401

    The lovers prepare for marriage. There's a shower tea and a bucks' party. Then the groom walks out.

    1991, J. Haynes, J.F. Archibald, The Bulletin, numbers 5759-5767, page 96

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bridal shower

Origin

From shower + tea.

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