without tea and biscuits

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without tea and biscuits

  1. (UK, humorous, of a meeting) Inquisitorial, severe.
    • 2018 March 13, Mike Borlace, Spider Zero Seven, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 194:
      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.
    • 2024 August 8, anonymous train driver, “Guest Blog: A train driver responds”, in Bus and Train User‎[1]:
      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.
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