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Definition of Cambric tea
1. Noun. A beverage for children containing hot water and milk and sugar and a small amount of tea.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cambric Tea
Literary usage of Cambric tea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Hyphen by Margaret Blake, E.P. Dutton (Firm), Lida Clara Schem (1920)
"You may have to ring for more milk, because I had cambric tea." At this Janet
burst out laughing, and Mrs. Geddes smiled indulgently at ..."
2. Practical Sanitary and Economic Cooking Adapted to Persons of Moderate and by Mary Hinman Abel (1890)
"cambric tea." , iTi -i • i , , T, , i Milk, except for children, can hardly be
looked upon as a drink, but diluted with hot water, and sweetened, ..."
3. Principles of Physiology and Hygiene by George Wells Fitz (1908)
"cambric tea.—Perhaps the best warm drink is that simple mixture of milk, ...
called cambric tea. This warms and stimulates and has no harmful 1 The ..."
4. Health and Disease: A Book for the People by William Whitty Hall (1859)
"cambric tea is the first best thing next to hot water, ... cambric tea is a term
used to express the color of the mixture, which is that of cambric. ..."
5. Lessons in Cookery by Frances Elizabeth Stewart (1919)
"BEVERAGES ALLOWED CHILDREN: A SYNOPSIS» *Buttermilk (fresh) *cambric tea Cereal
coffees: ... 2 cambric tea is one of the best beverages for children. ..."
6. Modern Physiology, Hygiene and Health by Mary S. Haviland (1921)
"Uncle George, Aunt Louise, Father and Mother were sitting around the fire talking,
while Ruth poured "cambric tea" for Paul out of her Christmas teapot. ..."
7. Babyhood: Devoted Exclusively to the Care of Infants and Young Children (1887)
"His bill of fare, for which I am indebted to studies of BABYHOOD, was, for
breakfast, cambric tea and milk toast ; dinner, boiled rice and milk, ..."
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