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tea leaf

noun

  1. the dried leaf of the tea shrub, used to make tea
  2. usually plural shredded parts of these leaves, esp after infusion
  3. slang.
    a thief
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of tea leaf1

sense 3 rhyming slang

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