"picky tea" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: picky teas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} picky tea (plural picky teas)
  1. (UK, colloquial) A meal of miscellaneous snack foods served together. Tags: UK, colloquial Related terms: picky bits
    Sense id: en-picky_tea-en-noun-HtZxL6WZ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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