tea cosy
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Aviation is also under pressure to build greener planes and stop adding to what Johnson called the "carbon tea cosy" heating the planet.
From Reuters ● Jul. 18, 2022
The Vogue interview describes Dench as “a kind of cultural tea cosy to be popped soothingly over the nation’s beleaguered identity in times of crisis.”
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2020
This is the campest Paso in the history of Pasos, not helped by Peter looking like Russell Brand in moonboots and a tea cosy.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2015
One of the pieces of knitting included a tea cosy depicting the monarch and her beloved Corgi dogs.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2013
At one end is a coffee urn kept hot over a spirit lamp, milk is kept hot under a "tea cosy" or in a double pitcher, made like a double boiler.
From Etiquette by Post, Emily
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