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tea wagon

American  

noun

  1. a small table on wheels for carrying articles for use in serving tea.


tea wagon British  

noun

  1. a US and Canadian variant for tea trolley

"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 wagon

First recorded in 1920–25

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For women one of his strongest attractions has been a rugged quasi-helplessness, as of Prometheus bound, or a Great Dane on a tea wagon.

From Time Magazine Archive

You can help me trundle the tea wagon out of here and into the kitchen.

From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Chase, Josephine

At half past ten the old gong sounded in the lathe room, and the old tea wagon began its old-time trundling.

From Mary Minds Her Business by Weston, George

You have my permission to take charge of the tea wagon.

From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Chase, Josephine

In about two weeks, here came another crate with the greater part of the balance of said tea wagon.

From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Hay, Douglas (Douglas N.)

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