teapoy

[ tee-poi ]

noun

1. a small three-legged table or stand.
2. a small table for use in serving tea.

teapoy

/ ˈtiːpɔɪ /

noun

1. a small table or stand with a tripod base
2. a tea caddy on such a table or stand

Word History and Origins

Origin of teapoy¹

1820–30; < Hindi tīpāi, alteration (with t- from tir- three < Sanskrit tri ) of Persian si-pāya three-legged stand

Word History and Origins

Origin of teapoy¹

C19: from Hindi tipāī, from Sanskrit tri three + pāda foot; compare Persian sīpae three-legged stand

Example Sentences

Teapoy, tē′poi, n. a small table for the tea-service, &c.

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A short time afterwards, he found nailed to a teapoy a paper scroll containing a jasmine flower tied up with coloured threads.

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William Jaquith went to a certain corner and brought out a teapoy of violet wood, which he set down at the old lady's elbow.

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Dr. John Dunn, the physician at Tshikapa, had started at dawn to meet me, and my teapoy adventures, for the moment, were ended.

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The "teapoy boy," as he is called, is as much a part of the African scheme of life as a driver or a chauffeur is in America.

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