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tea basket

noun

British.
  1. a lunch basket or picnic hamper.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tea basket1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

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If you get nice tea, don’t try to cram it in a tea ball; either make it in a teapot and strain with a pretty little tea strainer, or use a tea basket like this for a single cup.

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The chauffeur brought out the elaborate tea basket which had served them so well at the Gypsy camp and Ruth and Barbara proceeded to make the tea while the other girls unpacked boxes of delicious sandwiches and tea cakes.

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Nothing escaped the child, not even the elegant little tea basket with its fittings of silver and French china.

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But to-morrow we shall have a picnic to make up for it, and Miss Ruth may take her tea basket, since we have none in this household.â€

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Then the delicious cakes and sandwiches which 70 Miss Campbell had ordered from Mrs. Price were arranged in neat piles, while Elinor opened her tea basket, a present from an aunt in Ireland, and made tea for the company.

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