tea lady
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
From the tea lady to the trainees, Aitor Karanka insists on professionalism and a winning mentality from everyone at the Riverside.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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
"Since you've had some of our tea," lady Feng laughed, "how is it that you have not yet become a wife in our household?"
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
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