tea lady

British  

noun

1. a woman employed in a factory, office, etc to make tea during a tea break

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Example Sentences

TV personality Hayley Pearce, who was the tea lady in the BBC series, tweeted that he was "world's greatest boss".

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2021

Florizel Street was changed to Coronation Street because - as legend has it - a tea lady named Agnes remarked that Florizel sounded like the name of a disinfectant.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2017

He is tea lady Long Joan Silver, the lynchpin in a plot involving Wendy's great-great-grandaughter, also called Wendy, Tinkerbell on a motorised scooter and the boy who still hasn't grown up, Peter.

From Reuters • Dec. 22, 2016

Pochettino’s post-match interviews could be interesting, then, if he decides to elaborate on his plans for next season, which may or may not include fielding the tea lady and Alan from accounts in Europe.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2015

After tea, lady Feng hastened to lay out the cups and chopsticks.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft