more tea, vicar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
As if politely distracting the attention of other guests at a social function.
Interjection[edit]
- (humorous) Said after another person burps or breaks wind.
- 2004, Mike L, “Re: Doctors' Etiquette”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
- Somebody belches or farts. Somebody else says, usually primly, 'More tea, Vicar?'.
- 2010, Grace Maxwell, Falling & Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins, page 99:
- As Richard leans over to begin, Edwyn lets rip a mighty fart. “More tea, vicar?” says Richard, deadpan.
- 2010, Martin Luther, The 21st Century Enlightenment Koran, page 265:
- They shall wear clothes of fine silk, and sit face to face around the table, and comment on the fine weather […] And should you hear a small trumpet in the distance, you will ask: “More tea vicar?” and proffer a cucumber sandwich.
References[edit]
- The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.