Definition of post-and-rail tea in English:

post-and-rail tea

noun

mass nounAustralian informal

Coarse tea of inferior quality, containing a large proportion of stalks and other woody fragments.
they live on an unchanging diet of mutton chops and post-and-rail tea
Example sentencesExamples
- They were called to a breakfast of greasy chops and post-and-rail tea.
- I didn't feel inclined for corned beef and damper, and post-and-rail tea.
- He was waited upon by a constable, who cooked his convict ration of beef, bread, and potatoes, and, I suppose, made his post and rail tea sweetened with brown sugar.
- There were steaming cauldrons of thoroughly stewed post and rail tea.
- This is post-and-rail tea, brewed in an old blackened billy.

Origin

Mid 19th century: a humorous analogy drawn between the fibrous nature of the tea's contents and timber used for fencing.

单词	post-and-rail tea
释义	Definition of post-and-rail tea in English: post-and-rail tea noun mass nounAustralian informal Coarse tea of inferior quality, containing a large proportion of stalks and other woody fragments. they live on an unchanging diet of mutton chops and post-and-rail tea Example sentencesExamples They were called to a breakfast of greasy chops and post-and-rail tea. I didn't feel inclined for corned beef and damper, and post-and-rail tea. He was waited upon by a constable, who cooked his convict ration of beef, bread, and potatoes, and, I suppose, made his post and rail tea sweetened with brown sugar. There were steaming cauldrons of thoroughly stewed post and rail tea. This is post-and-rail tea, brewed in an old blackened billy. Origin Mid 19th century: a humorous analogy drawn between the fibrous nature of the tea's contents and timber used for fencing.
随便看	pastoral theology pastorate pastorates past-ordinar pastorela pastorela pastorelas pastorella pastoress pastorhood pastorical pastorie pastoring pastorize pastorless pastor-like pastorly pastors pastorship pastorship pastorships pastose pastosely pastosity pastourelle 互联网是如何工作的？互联网是怎样传输数据的五个症状预示体内湿气重五十五万岁奇异磁星五大洋是怎样分开的五大知觉分别是什么？五岳为何少黄山? 五月岬钻石是什么？五脏俱全外观酷开着世界最小汽车去兜风五谷是哪5种农作物 Leiterbaustoff Leiterdurchmesser Leitergetriebe Leiterin Leiterisolation Leiterisolierung Leiterkreis Leiternetz Leiteroberfläche Leiterplatte