wet and warm

noun

Tea (the drink).

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Meanings

nounwet and warm (uncountable)
  1. UKslanguncountableTea (the drink).

    At least in a short while he'd be back in his warm office with a hot cup of tea. Or at least somebody else's office with a cup of wet and warm.

    2015, Geraldine Evans, Asking For It (Rafferty & Llewellyn British Mysteries; 16), unnumbered page
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    Over by the piers a black sea of heads silhouette in the bright rectangle canopied by the upslung front of the tea stall. Cups of wet and warm at fourpence.

    1964, quoted in 2014, Ian J. Finch, D. F. Bratchell, E. F. Candlin, General Studies: A First Handbook for Technical Students (page 148)

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

wet and warm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20and%20warm

MLA

“wet and warm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20and%20warm. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wet and warm,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20and%20warm.

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