| Summary: | elevener n EDD ~ D Co Nfld; levener. A drink of liquor, or a light snack, taken at 11 a.m.; LUNCH; MUG-UP. 1866 WILSON 384 If a tradesman were employed, he must have _three_ _drinks_ a day; or what he called his _morning_, his _eleven_, and his _evening_. 1896 _J A Folklore_ ix,35 ~ a glass of grog taken at eleven o'clock, when the sun is over the fore-yard. 1924 ENGLAND 45 Our " 'levener" came none too soon--a 'levener being an eleven- o'clock mug-up of toast and tea. 1937 DEVINE 31 Levener--a drink of rum or other spirits taken around eleven a.m. Also a lunch at A drink of liquor, or a light snack, taken at 11am RH GMS [stamped] WK Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I elevener, eleven, levener, LUNCH, MUG UP Checked by Rebecca Nolan on Thu 19 Feb 2015; This entry is continued on the following card, image file E_13093
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