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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A short time afterwards, he found nailed to a teapoy a paper scroll containing a jasmine flower tied up with coloured threads.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar
"Spirit", said the hypnotist "as the names are mentioned one rap means pass, two mean plucked"; then he addressed the others sitting around "see that I am not kicking at the leg of the teapoy."
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by Mukerji, S.
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 Joly, H. Bencraft
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 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
Most of the mines, which are mainly in charge of American engineers, are within a day's travelling distance in a teapoy and much nearer by automobile.
From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
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