teapoy
Americannoun
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a small three-legged table or stand.
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a small table for use in serving tea.
noun
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a small table or stand with a tripod base
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a tea caddy on such a table or stand
Etymology
Origin of teapoy
1820–30; < Hindi tīpāi, alteration (with t- from tir- three < Sanskrit tri ) of Persian si-pāya three-legged stand
Example Sentences
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I had never ridden in a teapoy before and now I began a continuous trip in one which lasted eight hours.
From An African Adventure by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
On the couch stood a small teapoy, light and handy, of foreign lacquer, inlaid with gold.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
William Jaquith went to a certain corner and brought out a teapoy of violet wood, which he set down at the old lady's elbow.
From Mrs. Tree by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
At her side was a Chinese teapoy, a nest of lacquer tables, and on it stood a small, squat idol.
From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
On the teapoy on the left, were spread out Wen Wang tripods, spoons, chopsticks and scent-bottles.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly
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