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tea bag

noun
1.
a container of thin paper or cloth holding a measured amount of tea leaves for making an individual serving of tea.
Origin of tea bag
1900-1905
1900-05

tea-bag

[tee-bag] /ˈtiˌbæg/
verb (used with object), tea-bagged, tea-bagging. Slang.
1.
to place one's scrotum in the mouth of (one's sexual partner).
Origin
from its resemblance to dipping a tea bag in a cup of hot water
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tea bag

noun
1.
a small bag of paper or cloth containing tea leaves, infused in boiling water to make tea
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Word Origin and History for teabag
n.

also tea-bag 1857, a small permeable packet for holding loose tea, from tea + bag. As a sex act, by 2000.

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