We also listed the top 17 hotel afternoon teas in the capital based on the in-depth anonymous inspections carried out by the UK Tea Guild. Today we delve deeper and compare this top 17 in terms of price to find the top 5 best-value London hotel afternoon teas.ote: the article below was published in 2011. Weâve since posted an up-to-date rundown of top 10 best-value London hotel afternoon teas in 2013 with lovely photos.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Slinky is a toy, a helical spring that stretches and can bounce up and down. It can perform a number of tricks, including traveling down a flight of steps end-over-end as it stretches and re-forms itself with the aid of gravity and its own momentum.
Bernard Gotfryd/ Getty Images. In 1943, naval engineer Richard James was trying to develop a spring that would support and stabilize sensitive equipment on ships. When one of the springs accidentally fell off a shelf, it continued moving, and James got the idea for a toy. His wife Betty came up with the name, and when the Slinky made its debut in late 1945, James sold 400 of the bouncy toys in 90 minutes. Today, more than 250 million Slinkys have been sold worldwide.