short eats
n.pl.— «“Short eats” a selection of meat and vegetable snacks (in pastry or crumbled and fried) charged as eaten.» —by Robert Bradnock Footprint Sri Lanka Handbook Apr. 1, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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