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tea leaf
noun
- the dried leaf of the tea shrub, used to make tea
- usually plural shredded parts of these leaves, esp after infusion
- slang.a thief
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tea leaf1
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Example Sentences
Where does this “Arab Tea Leaf” come from, according to the talking heads?
The mortgage interest deduction is big money, and today there is a tea leaf for us to read.
This contest is already being used as a proxy for the November general election, with tea-leaf reading being in ample supply.
The only problem with all the tea-leaf reading that next Tuesday will bring is that it will be meaningless.
The Colonel was coming round; the rest, or the ointment, or the tea-leaf poultice, had been good for snowblindness.
Real tea-leaf tea alone contains the restorative they want; which is not to be found in sloe-leaf tea.
Ah, she said one day, pointing to a tea leaf floating in one of the cups, theres to be a visitor today.
In the proposed United States tea-adulteration law a maximum of 8% of total ash is allowed for tea-leaf.
The leaves are large and do not bear the slightest resemblance to the tea-leaf.
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