Meanings
alternative without biscuits · alternative without coffee · alternative without tea · alternative without tea or biscuits
- UKhumorousInquisitorial, severe.
It is not actually the classic 'one-sided without tea and biscuits' meeting, but initially I am told that I mustn't let 'blood-lust' curb my judgement.
2018 March 13, Mike Borlace, Spider Zero Seven, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 1941 more example
If you’re recorded running at 77.1 mph over a 75 mph speed limit for a mile or so, that’s a meeting-without-tea-or-biscuits and a threat of disciplinary action, despite the fact that all you can tell is the needle is just over 75 – and on many trains it’ll be flickering too.
2024 August 8, anonymous train driver, “Guest Blog: A train driver responds”, in Bus and Train User
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