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tea garden

American  

noun

  1. a tea plantation.


tea garden British  

noun

  1. an open-air restaurant that serves tea and light refreshments

  2. a tea plantation

"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

Etymology

Origin of tea garden

First recorded in 1795–1805

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"From Muslims to Hindus, Christians, tribal people to those belonging to the tea garden communities, there are men from all faiths and communities who got arrested for this heinous social crime," Sarma said.

From Reuters Feb. 3, 2023

Kitchen fruit and vegetable scraps, grass clippings, coffee grounds/brewed loose leaf tea, garden clippings, and eggshells all count.

From Salon Jun. 26, 2022

After a long day of work at a tea garden in Assam's Chapatoli village, Ms Kharia had made her way home, walking through the gentle curves of the hills around her village.

From BBC May 19, 2022

Inspired by these fruit-filled gardens of her youth, Vaziri set out on a mission to open the first public traditional Persian tea garden in the United States in her Mid-City backyard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2021

Mollie and Ruth were glad that she did not turn, for they recognized the two foreigners who had 103 frightened the young Countess Sophia in the tea garden the afternoon before.

From The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies by Crane, Laura Dent

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