tea caddy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From tea + caddy.
Meanings
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A box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves.
Mrs. Hone would have owned all the equipage that most upper-middle-class households needed to hold a proper tea, including a tea table (or teapoy), a tray, a teapot, creamer, sugar bowl with tongs, cups, saucers, tea caddy, teaspoons, and likely a tea urn, slop bowl, strainer, and spoon tray. While availing herself of Carneses' tea and one of their tea caddies, she might also have purchased and utilized one of their teapoys.
2019, Nancy E. Davis, “Afong Moy Presents Chinese Objects for the Home”, in The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part II (The Show), page 107:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tea-caddy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| teacaddy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| tea caddies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
alt чай салар айак (box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves) · ga taebhosca (box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves) · de Teedose (box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves) · nl theebus (box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves) · cy tun te (box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves) · fr boîte à thé (box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves) · pt lata de chá (box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves) · pl puszka na herbatę (box, jar, pot, or tin used to store tea leaves)