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View synonyms for tea caddy
tea caddy
noun
- a small box, can, or chest for holding tea leaves.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tea caddy1
1830–40; probably originally catty 2, the box that held the measure being confused with the measure itself
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Example Sentences
This tea caddy is rather splendid Much of the pottery is gilded in 22 carat gold leaf.
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Everything was ready in the gray parlor—the tea-tray on the table, the small urn hissing away, the tea-caddy in proximity to it.
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So she answered him, her fingers in the tea caddy, and her eyes with them.
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"It's historic, but not exactly a handsome garment," she said, shaking the tea caddy.
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And she quickly pushed a stumpy little liqueur-bottle behind the silver tea-caddy.
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The casket was of filigree silver, about the size of a small tea-caddy, of oblong shape, and rounded at the top.
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