tea basket

American  

noun

British.

1. a lunch basket or picnic hamper.

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Etymology

Origin of tea basket

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Ben's heart bounded at the news—not that he was hungry, but as the hour was now but little past half after two a tea basket indicated a prolonged interview.

From The Beauty and the Bolshevist by Miller, Alice Duer

It really began with a tea basket, holding enough for two, which was opened one lovely afternoon under the big willows skirting that little strip of land bordering the backwater at Cookham-on-Thames.

From Felix O'Day by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

“What a beautiful spot, what an ideal place,” they cried, as they grouped themselves about the little dell, while Elinor opened her tea basket and laid out the dainty crockery and the kettle.

From The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine by Stokes, Katherine

Ben lifted out the luncheon hamper and the tea basket, and while the girls unpacked the food, Phoebe stood shyly by and watched the proceedings.

From The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp by Stokes, Katherine

Nothing escaped the child, not even the elegant little tea basket with its fittings of silver and French china.

From The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow by Crane, Laura Dent