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tea caddy

noun

  1. a small box, can, or chest for holding tea leaves.


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˜yÐÄvlog 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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As she put the kettle on the stove and busied her hands with the tea caddy, she was thinking hard.

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The bid won the tea caddy, and with the buyer’s commission tacking on another $600, it came in at six times the estimate.

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Carol particularly liked an elaborately carved wooden tea caddy that belonged to Henry’s mother.

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One competition prize from the 1920 was a jelly pan and another was a tea caddy.

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When he discovered a picture of an iridescent tea caddy from an old Tiffany catalog, it fired his imagination further.

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