tea shop
Americannoun
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a tearoom.
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British. a caf é or tearoom that specializes in serving light meals and snacks; lunchroom.
Etymology
Origin of tea shop
First recorded in 1735–45
Example Sentences
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Grandfather, who puffs on Gauloises cigarettes, resembles Baroness Orczy’s Old Man in the Corner, an armchair detective who solves crimes from the confines of a London tea shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
We sat in a tea shop with the local police commander to negotiate our passage.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
Kick off your adventure at Odd One Out, an award-winning boba tea shop, then take a quick walk to the Giant Robot store, which is often cited as the birthplace of Asian pop culture products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
The bubble tea shop has drinks named after different New York City neighborhoods, offers multiple tea and juice bases, as well as dairy alternatives.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
Wang Lung kept his own counsel, therefore, only listening here and there in the tea shop when maids were spoken of, or men prosperous in the town who had daughters for marriage.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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