tea caddy

noun

1. a small box, can, or chest for holding tea leaves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tea caddy¹

1830–40; probably originally catty ², the box that held the measure being confused with the measure itself

Example Sentences

This tea caddy is rather splendid Much of the pottery is gilded in 22 carat gold leaf.

From The Daily Beast

Everything was ready in the gray parlor—the tea-tray on the table, the small urn hissing away, the tea-caddy in proximity to it.

From Project Gutenberg

So she answered him, her fingers in the tea caddy, and her eyes with them.

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"It's historic, but not exactly a handsome garment," she said, shaking the tea caddy.

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And she quickly pushed a stumpy little liqueur-bottle behind the silver tea-caddy.

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The casket was of filigree silver, about the size of a small tea-caddy, of oblong shape, and rounded at the top.

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