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tea-bag en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of teabag.
    alt of teabag
    • She put a tea-bag into a mug and poured on boiling water. He slid off her suit jacket and she stirred her tea-bag gently and then threw it in the bin. 1999, Susan Sallis, chapter 7, in The Keys to the Garden, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 105:
    • The old lady had a pile of tea-bags, quarter pounds of butter, cheese, in a bag under the bed. 1990, Iain Crichton Smith, “The Old Woman, the Baby and Terry”, in Selected Stories, Manchester: Carcanet Press, →ISBN, page 144:
    • There was a table in the corner with an urn of hot water on it, and a bowl of tea-bags. 1991, Frank Ronan, A Picnic in Eden, London: Sceptre, published 1992, →ISBN, book 2, pages 114–115:

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tea-bags Number=Plur lexicographic

tea-bag en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:chiefly water sports) To dunk into the sea or another body of water.
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of teabag.
    alt of teabag

Forms

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tea-bagging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tea-bags Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tea-bagged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tea-bagged Tense=Past lexicographic