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teapoy

[ tee-poi ]

noun

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


teapoy

/ ˈ³Ù¾±Ë±èɔɪ /

noun

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