Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picky tea

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: pick-y tea
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A meal of miscellaneous snack foods served together.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"My granda would make everything from scratch and it was a wonderful feast of a picky tea. His potatoes deep-fried in batter were amazing."
"I scoff these as a mid-afternoon snack, as part of a 'picky tea' or even just because. Cheese and onion is an iconic flavour combination across the world, mainly because of crisps, but they are just so good together!"

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

picky teas (plural)

Phrases

picky bits picky plate

Frequently Paired Words

picky bits picky plate

Questions

What does picky tea mean?: A meal of miscellaneous snack foods served together.

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