"tea biscuit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tea biscuits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tea biscuit (plural tea biscuits)
  1. (Canada) A kind of scone-like quick bread sometimes consumed with a drink of tea. Tags: Canada
    Sense id: en-tea_biscuit-en-noun-r2XVCwDt Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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