tea trolley
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Hand-knitted from New Zealand wool by artisans in Nepal, this stripey cosy topped with a plucky pompom would sit quite comfortably on Miss Marple’s tea trolley.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
They wheeled a 1960s tea trolley into the room, arranged with little bowls of Japanese rice crackers on doilies and a bottle of mineral water encased in a basket.
From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2017
By 9.30am, he's at his desk, having managed to squeeze through the door of his office just in time for the arrival of Frau Mopp, doing the rounds with her tea trolley.
From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2011
At Jerusalem's Jewish Agency, a quasi-governmental group responsible for immigration, a Siberian doctor pushes a tea trolley through the corridors while she awaits certification to work as a physician.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’d give anything to be there right now and to see the tea trolley with unlimited chocolate sandwich cookies, juicy mangos, and even that hot chocolate.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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