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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After we had thus been seated for about five minutes there was a rap on the leg of the teapoy.
From Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition by Mukerji, S.
I sent the porters and teapoy men back to Kabambaie.
From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
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
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 Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
All afternoon the teapoy men, after their fashion, carried on what was literally a running crossfire of questions among themselves.
From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
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