tea caddy

English

tea caddy

Etymology

From tea +‎ caddy.

Noun

tea caddy (plural tea caddies)

1. A box, tin, jar or pot used to store tea leaves.
   • 2019, Nancy E. Davis, The Chinese Lady: Afong Moy in Early America:

     Mrs. Hone would have owned all the equipage that most upper-middle-class households needed to hold a proper tea, including a tea table (or teapoy), a tray, a teapot, creamer, sugar bowl with tongs, cups, saucers, tea caddy, teaspoons, and likely a tea urn, slop bowl, strainer, and spoon tray. While availing herself of Carneses' tea and one of their tea caddies, she might also have purchased and utilized one of their teapoys.

Translations

box, tin, jar, or pot used to store tea leaves

• Dutch: theebus (nl) f
• French: boîte à thé f
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• German: Teedose (de) f
• Irish: taebhosca m