"share of throat" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: share of throat

Filed Under: Language, English, Subject, Food & Drink

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: Measured by volume, tea’s popularity remains unrivalled. It still dominates what the packers refer to as “share of throat,” with 165m cups drunk every day in Britain, about double our coffee consumption.

Article or Document Title:
“The decline of the British cuppa” (URL)

Author:
Simon Bowers

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Guardian

Publishing Location:
U.K.

Date of Publication:
Sept. 27, 2005

This cite belongs to a full entry for share of throat.

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