tea trolley en · NOUN
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Meanings
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(Commonwealth, especially) A table on wheels used to take food or drinks from the kitchen to the dining-room, or throughout a workplace for tea break.
About this, he is, as ever, humorous and self-deprecating, attributing his employment to the fact that the tea trolley arrived during his interview and “I'd been so well brought-up that I just naturally leaned over and said, ‘Would anyone like a cup of tea?’.[…]”
2001 May 12, Robert Potts, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tea trolleys | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tea trollies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
tea caddy · drinks trolley · teacake · teabag