tea shop

noun

a tearoom.
British. a café or tearoom that specializes in serving light meals and snacks; lunchroom.

Origin of tea shop

First recorded in 1735–45

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Eleanor Moore was not in the tea-shop when he entered it, nor did she come into it while he remained there.
The Foolish Lovers
St. John G. Ervine
I was then faint for want of food, so I looked out for a tea-shop or restaurant.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Hall Caine
A motor-'bus entered a tea-shop, and layIn some need of repair.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914
Various
Would it make her days in the tea-shop—and out of it—easier?
A Sheaf of Corn
Mary E. Mann
We can't blow the loud trumpet at a tea-shop and a hotel is inquisitive.
Aladdin of London
Sir Max Pemberton