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teapoy
[ tee-poi ]
noun
- a small three-legged table or stand.
- a small table for use in serving tea.
teapoy
/ ˈ³Ù¾±Ë±èɔɪ /
noun
- a small table or stand with a tripod base
- a tea caddy on such a table or stand
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of teapoy1
1820–30; < Hindi ³ÙÄ«±èÄå¾±, alteration (with t- from tir- three < Sanskrit tri ) of Persian ²õ¾±-±èÄå²â²¹ three-legged stand
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of teapoy1
C19: from Hindi ³Ù¾±±èÄåÄ«, from Sanskrit tri three + ±èÄå»å²¹ foot; compare Persian ²õÄ«±è²¹±ð three-legged stand
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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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