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teabaglike en · ADJ

Etymology

From teabag + -like.

Meanings

1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of a teabag.
   • The company started packaging coffee for home consumption in 1965, and in 1972 was the first to sell it in teabaglike pods for making single cups. 2008 February 6, Dennis Hevesi, “Ernesto Illy, Chairman of Coffee Company, Is Dead at 82”, in New York Times:
   • The chicken nuggets are made by pushing chicken carcasses through a giant teabaglike screen to produce a slurry of protein. To this slurry is often added large amounts of water and soya proteins to restore the texture of meat... 2008, Harvey Blatt, America's food: what you don't know about what you eat, page 113:

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